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A96361	Pantheologia or the summe of practical divinity practiz'd in the wilderness, and delivered by our Saviour in his Sermon on the Mount. Being observations upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of St Matthew. To which is prefixed a prolegomena or preface by way of dialogue, wherein the perfection and perspicuity of the Scripture is vindicated from the calumnies of Anabaptists and Papists. By Tho. White B.L. minister of Gods word at Anne Aldersgate, London.	White, Thomas, minister of St. Anne's, Aldersgate.	1653 (1653)	Wing W1806; Thomason E1466_1; ESTC R208673	167,277	207

that it hath been said of them of old time as before and it hath been said as here and you have heard that it hath been said vers 38. and surely there is a reason of our Saviours varying the phrase now I shall set down the reasons You have heard that it hath been said of those of old time When our Saviour sayes so he instanceth in murder adultery perjury all breaches of the Moral Law which the Patriarches before and after the floud observed and they are said to be of old time which were before Moses wherein divorce and the positive Law for the punishment of injuries were not in force before the judicial Law was given It hath been said and ye have heard that it hath been said the reason of that may be this the matter of divorce in this verse concerning it is that which our Saviour grants was said Whosoever shall put away his wife but the doctrine that the Scribes preached concerning divorce was farre more large so that the practice of the Jews was farre more corrupt in the matter of marriage then in any other thing appears by the Polygamy of the Patriarchs and the holiest men in the Old Testament and by Gods indulging to them a sinne to wit divorce for other causes besides adultery and doubtlesse their doctrine was not lesse corrupt so that in this point they did not hear the Law in its true sense nor word but farre more liberty was given and the Septuagint indeed is not If he shall put her away but he shall put her away So it hath been said Whosoever shall c. but you have not heard that it was so said but he shall not you have been taught that he shall put her away as if he must put her away whereas it is said indeed If he shall put her away and upon that supposition gives directions what to do viz. to give her a bill of divorce the Law commands to give her a bill of divorce if he puts her away it doth not command him to put her away In this verse It hath been said not you heard it hath been said in vers 30. It is said and you have heard it hath been said in the instance vers 43. You have heard it was said but it was not so said Whosoever shall put away his wife let him give her a bill of divorce 1. As I have said It is not a man shall put away c. but Whosoever shall put away or if one shall c. 2. The reason why he was to give here a bill of divorce was that she might not be punished as an adulteresse if she married another man for by the bill of divorce the husband gave free power to the woman to marry whom she would This was the form I have determined freely uncompelled by any to dismisse divorce and forsake thee who hitherto hast been my wife therefore I do dismisse forsake divorce and put thee away from me that you may be at your own power and that you may go whither soever you please neither hath any one at any time forbidden me thus to do and be thou therefore so dismissed that it shall be lawfull for thee to marry whom thou pleasest The reason why God permitted the Jews to be thus divorced from their wives was for the hardnesse of their hearts as Chap. 19. for else they would some way or other have made them away to avoid murder God permitted divorce If you shall ask Why might not a man put away his wife by word of mouth as well as by writing I answer 1. A writing was a more continuing and ready proof of her divorce then words for they must be proved by witnesse who also might in a short time die and so the woman might come to be accused and put to death for adultery for knowing another man 2. To take away as much as might be the frequency and number of divorces for writing is a more delibarate act and requires more time to consider before he did it in which time he might haply change his minde and his anger might be appeased for if the Heathens advise to say over the Alphabet before one did any thing in ones anger surely to write over more then so many letters as are in the Alphabet might be thought a more likely time for ones displeasure to be laid especially this was a better way for the composing strifes if they did not write their bils of divorce themselves but had them written by the Scribes and so required longer time and the Scribes did or might often mediate for reconciliation moreover it being a publick act one would be ashamed to divorce Vers 32. But I say unto you That whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery But I say unto you 1. Before our blessed Saviour shewed in one case to wit of adulterous desires one might be guilty of adultery now he shews how that the very act of adultery was by them accounted lawfull which was an adulterous marriage 2. Christ doth here take away the wicked use of the permission of divorce and that which fomented those unlawfull desires he spoke against before for the great abuse they made of that Law was this If a man desired another mans wife because it was a sinne punished with death he would take a way as he thought to avoid both sinne and punishment and would if he could obtain her consent perswade her to carry her self so to her husband as might occasion him to divorce her and then he would marry her and enjoy his unlawfull desires our Saviour to stop the currant of this wickednesse layes the sinne of adultery upon all three upon the husband that divorceth for causing upon the woman and the man that marry for committing of adultery and so that if the conscience of the sinne do touch any of the three that wicked plot of getting another mans wife might be frustrated In the 19th Chapter also he takes order for those who would that they might be free to marry another upon slight occasions divorcee their wives by shewing that he that did so committed adultery Whosoever shall put away his wife except for fornication It cannot haply be proved by this verse that one may put away ones wife for fornication or adultery for all that can be proved is that he that doth doth not cause her to commit adultery 2. See how milde our Saviour is for fornication before Deut. 22.21 she was to be put to death for adultery after marriage our Saviour doth intimate that she should only be put away 3. Fornication is here named not adultery for that may be concluded à fortiori if one may put away ones wife for being false before much more for being so after marriage 4. If you shall say Why not for blasphemy heresie or some other notorious sinne which are