examine the matter. And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. put away from her husband, com- married I command, yet not I, but mitteth adultery. OTHER KINDS OF Esther 1, 19. If it please the king, SEPARATIONS. let there go a royal commandGen. xxxi, 31. And Jacob anten among the laws of the Perment from him, and let it be writ-swered and said to Laban, Besians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. DIVORCE CONDEMNED. Mal. ii, 13, 14, 16. And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth patting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts; therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. Matth. xix, 6-8. Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Mark x, 2-5, 9-12. And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. And he answered and said unto cause I was afraid: for I said, Judges xiv, 20. But Samson's Judges xv, 1, 2. But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber: but her father would not suffer him to go in. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. 1 Sam. xxv, 44. But San! had 2 Sam. iii, 13-16. And he said, low after her lovers, but she shall Jer. iii, 20. Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband so have ye dealt treachthem, What did Moses command erously with me, O house of you? And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce-Israel, saith the LORD. ment, and to put her away. And Hosea ii, 7. And she shall folJesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept: What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. Luke xvi, 18. Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth andwhosoever marrieth her that is the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away a wife that believeth not, and she his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord; If any brother hath be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbeliev ing husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctifled by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wite? VIOLATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL LAW OF MARRIAGE. POLYGAMY. Gen. iv, 19. And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name Abram's wife, bare him no chil- wife. Gen. xxvi, 34. And Esau was forty years old when he took to Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, wife Judith, the daughter of the daughter of Elon the Hittite. Gen. xxviii, 8, 9. And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took John iv, 16--18. Jesus saith unto unto the wives which he had her, Go, call thy husband, and Mahalath, the daughter of Ishcome hither. The woman an- mael, Abraham's son, the sister of swered and said, I have no hus-Nebajoth, to be his wife. band. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. adultery: 1 Cor. vil, 10-16. And unto the week, and we will give thee this Gen. xxix, 27-30. Fulfil her also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. Gen. xxx, 3, 4, 9, 26. And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. And she gave hin Bilhan her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her. When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife, Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. Gen. xxxvi, 2, 3. Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan, Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Abolibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; And Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, Sister of Nebajoth. Deut. xvii, 17. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall be greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. Deut. xxi, 15, 16. If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born hin children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be her's that was hated; Then it shall be, when he maketh bis sons to inherit that which he bath, that he may not make the son of the beloved first-born before the son of the hated, which is indeed the first-born. Judges viii, 30. And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. 1 Sam. 1, 2. And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the ocher Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 1 Sam. xxv,42,43. And Abigail basted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of her's that went after her, and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. 1 Sam. xxvii, 3. And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the JezreelItess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 1 Sam. xxx, 5. And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahi noam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal, the Carmelite. 2 Sam. ii, 2. So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife, the Carmelite. 2 Sam. ill, 2-5. And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, And the fourth, Adonijih the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron, 1 Chron. viii, 8. And Shabaraim begat children in the country of Moab, atter he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 2 Chron. xi, 18--20, 23. And Rehoboam took him Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of Davi, to wife, and Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse; Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. And after that he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. .... And he desired many wives. 2 Chron. xill, 21. But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty aud two sons, and sixteen daughters. 2 Chron. xxi, 12, 14. And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying..... Belioid, with a great plague will the LORD Smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods. 2 Chron. xxiv, 2, 3. And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. Ezek. xxiii, 4. And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister; and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. Mal. i, 15. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a goodly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. CONCUBINES OR SECONDARY WIVES. Gen. xxii, 23, 24. And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. And his concubine, who name was Reumah, she bare also Tebal, and Galiam, and Thabash, and Mauchah. Gen. xxv, 6. But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraliam had, Abraham gave gilts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, (while he yet lived,) eastward, unto the east country. Judges viii, 31. And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. Judges xix, 1-3, 10. And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a cucubire out of Beth-lehem-judah. his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. And her And husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him ho rejoiced to meet him. But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jehus, (which him two asses saddled; his conis Jerusalem, (und there were with cubine also was with him. Judges xx, 3-6. (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up dren of Israel, Tell us, how was to Mizpeh.) Then said the chil this wickedness? And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said. I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge: And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me; and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 2 Sam. iii, 6, 7. And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the danghter of Alah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? 2 Sam. xv, 16. And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. 2 Sam. xvi, 21. And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he bath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 2 Sam. xix, 5. And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concu bines. 2 Sam. xx, 8. And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them: so they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 1 Kings xi, 3. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 1 Chron. 1. 32. Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 1 Chron. ii, 46-48. And Ephab, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez. And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, Tirhanah. and 2 Chron. xi, 21. And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight Bons, and threescore daughters.) Cant. vi, 8, 9. There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my undefiled Is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her and blessed her, yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Gen. xx, 12. And yet indeed she. is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she becaine my wife. Gen. xxxv, 22. And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that with Bilhah his father's concubine: land, that Reuben went and lay Now the and Israel heard it. sons of Jacob were twelve. Exod. vi, 20. And Amram took him Jochebed his father's cister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. 1 Chron. il, 3, 4. The sons of Judah; Er, and Onau, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and he slew him. And Tamar his daughterin-law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. shall approach to any that is near | father. And they made their Deut. xxli, 30. A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. INSTANCES. Gen. xix, 30-33. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the first born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, Lev. xviii, 6-19. None of you that we may preserve seed of our VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW INCEST. 1 Gor. v, 1. It is reported comTM monly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. PUNISHMENT. Gen. xlix, 4. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch, Lev. xx, 11-14, 20-22. And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon If a man also lie with them. mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my Judgments, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. Deut. xxvii, 20-23. Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast: and ail the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that lieth with his mo ther-in-law and all the people shall say, Amen. FATAL RESULTS. sons are dead: for Amnon only is ADULTERY A HEINOUS Gen. xx, 9-11. Then Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done Lev. xviii, 20. Moreover, thou Deut. v, 18. Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 2 Sam. xii, 13, 14. And David said unto Nathan. I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also 2 Sam. xiii, 15-22, 32, 33. Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her; and Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, Job xxxl, 9-12. If mine heart and bolted the door after her. have been deceived by a woman, And Tamar put ashes on her or if I have laid wait at my neighhead, and rent her garment of bour's door; Then let my wife divers colours that was on her, grind unto another, and let others and laid her hand on her head, bow down upon her. For this is and went on crying. And Absa- an heinous crime; yea, it is an inilom her brother said unto her, quity to be punished by the Hath Amnon thy brother been judges. For it is a fire that with thee? but hold now thy consumeth to destruction, and peace, my sister: he is thy bro-would root out all mine increase. ther; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. And Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Ta mar. Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's Prov. vi, 26-29. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread; and the adulteress will hunt for the precious lite. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt? So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be inno cent. Matth. v, 27. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery. Mark vi, 18, 19. For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a Jer. xi, 15. What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. Jer. xiii, 27. I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in usalem! wilt thou not be made the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerclean? when shall it once bet Ezek. xvi, 30-32. How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head high place in every street; and of every way, and makest thine hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! Ezek. xxiii, 5, 43-48. And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, Then said I unto her that was old on the Assyrians her neighbours. in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she to her, as they go in unto a woman with them? Yet they went in unthat playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. And judge them after the manner of the righteous men, they shall adulteresses, and after the mancause they are adulteresses, and ner of women that shed blood; beblood is in their hands. For thus saith the Lord GOD, I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewd ness. Hosea il, 1, 2. Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her busband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts. Rev. il, 22. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. INSTANCES IN PURPOSE OB Gen. xii,16-20. And he entreated Abram well for her sake, and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. Gen. xx, 14. And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. Gen. xxxix, 7-11. And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. But he refused; and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand: There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against Ged? And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. And it came to pass, about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. committeth adult ry with another man's wife, even he that committeen adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adul tress shall surely be put to death. Deut. xxii, 22-24. If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. If a damsel that Prov. vii, 19-21. For the good-is him. Jer. xxix, 23. Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not command ed them; even I know; and am a witness, saith the LORD. Hosea iii, 1, 3. Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man; so will I also be for thee. Mark vi, 17. For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. John vill, 3, 4. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. PUNISHMENT BY LAW. a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. John viii, 5-7. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such AND IN PROVIDENCE. Gen. xii, 17. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 2 Sam. xii, 10-12. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from mine house; because thon hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hitite to be thy wife. Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. wiped away. lieth carnally with a woman that Lev. xix, 20-22 And whosoever is a bond-maid, betrothed to an Prov. vi, 32, 33. But whoso comhusband, and not at all redeemed, mitteth adultery with a woman nor freedom given her, she shall laoketh understanding: he that be scourged: they shall not be put doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 2 Sam. xi, 3, 4. And David sent to death, because she was not A wound and dishonour shall he and enquired after the woman. free. And he shall bring his tres-get; and his reproach shall not be And one said, 1s not this Bath-pass offering unto the LORD, unto sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; (for she was purified from her uncleannes;) and she returned unto her house. 1 Kings xv, 5. Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not the door of the tabernacle of the Jer. v, 8, 9. They were as fed Ezek. xvi, 38-40. And I will judge thee, as women that break Lev. xx, 10. And the man that wedlock and shed blood are |