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lity be eqiial to the subject , I shall Ufcsuraflj ** W&w ? Mb cOnjectflf- ^ \ 6 be no 6 lh& tVm ^ ttvt £ bV tot dttght tb be brusB&i % the dttet / ' or flung on the win * 1 .. ITTias tieen the fashion of late , to
coaasTdef marriage as ^ an institution purely human , without ainjr sanction from revelation . But this , ; I am bold to say , fa ^ antrary both to reas on und to the fact . The union of one man with one woman comprehends so large a portion ^< rf human happiness , tfeat , if i € feetfrtte tlia * Gfad at fijhrft made
arid still continues to ex £ rcis £ paternal prdvidence over mankind , he ctitil £ l not but recommend and enforce such an union as essential to their well-being , la the commencement of * society , some time must have elapsed before
experience could evince the manifold benefits resulting from the observance of this rite , or the evils occasioned by its neglect or violation 3 and this wfts an additional circumstance which
rendered the expression of the Divine will to Adam and his immediate descendants the more necessary . Nor does this , ordin&nee rest on a solid foundation when resting solely ou the sanction of human laws : for human
laws * whatever penalties they may a « r nex to the inffi ^ ea ^ nt ^ of the marri'Pge institution , are incompetent to preserve it in its purity , a regard to the authority of God beinff alone adequate to produce tils effect in either party . Moreover , tmorriage is a
considerable restraint on the passions of mankind ; had it itaay be fairly do&bted , whether it would have ; beetf geuernlly adopted , even in civilized cpuntries , unless it Uad been at first imposed by the ( Jreator l ^ m aetf * ami th is . 4 ^ uW ;
is warranted by the wholfc hipfcory of our speqies , by the licentiousness of the antideluvd&us , by the polygamy of tj \ ei patriarch j hy ; the ifceflueittdi ^ vorecents of . the rabbiea , fay the ^ raglios Of Eat&er ^ monarchy by the Jawlesa Ittat of novelty in princes ji&A
great mea ; , and ft ^ ail y ,, Uy ( notonoiiB cases of iiiLfiti ^ lity tm ^ be part crf ^ husv band ^ autl wives , in £ very rank ^ f ae ^ - cie ty and jevory , age of the Moshiir ^ ^ , Now , if we nawrawiy ^« amifierjthe history which details the © ireation' of E ve ^ v ^ e shall pferceive thafcits 8 © le *
man with Hue wa ^ iaii desirable and neceasary ^ and that an union of the
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kiiid is actpally twdamed &f ( J&& tttfiseif , With this vife ^ v Mos ^ > ef *« sentis ^ tke Greats a ^ feftj ^ , Smwis not ^ ood foi man tm bb itiSn& ) Ap&fti is then iYirectfeti Xb lb 0 k for ^ \ mtte among the inferior smife ^ ls 3 ^ ii * Mis made to say that ao proper M ^ te emild of
be found in the nkmb ^ ttte ^ e ; tlife with great : delicacy hOkliiig fertti the important lesson , that all coiaiii ^ fcfe with bedsts was degrading and foreign to the nature of immr The attention of Adam Was iherf \ Urecte 4 to t& £ pne
that wa ^ atone suitabte ft > r Wiin- ; | m this is done through the # iedi&tn 4 f a vmon % u de % * sk ^ p havife ^ if ^ feh brought upon Adajp , ill whiel ^ le SftW , as hi a dreaaaf ] , tide bf life rtBs -t |*^ h away and built iato a xvomuh . l"Ee
man is . made to under ^ stWd thfe ptitport of the vision , afld'kfeImtiiemyfy recognizes the vvatiiiui tis l& ifiltfei 3 &te& wife , saying , ( crl & \ 3 is Uofae ^ 6 f fay bones and flesh of my flssfe ; and B >§ - cause she owes her beiiigpfo my bc ^ j ^ , and is inade on my account , she
shau assume ray riatfie . ^ This l&sson was too impoFtatti to lie tatiriit by mere implication ; M 6 se > th ^ &rerare dji - plies it himself iii ttoeq | mvpcall terms : 4 Therefore shall gi ^ ati 16 aVe his father and his itfoihejr , ^ arid shall cledve uilto his wife ; aM they shdll b& cftfe flesh /* It is w ^ i ^ iy of f <* maferk , that oh
the C&ristian la \ v ^ iver oto £ odqsirsiodi refers to this . ptiri ^ of the MotfjOc history , and appears to have tiiia ^ rstood it in the waj it is here fefcplained , adding his own sanetida ta th ^ opinion that Carriage is an ordinance « l Givine Xppointuietit : « Whdth therefore Gtid hteftfe ibiti&l toffefh ^ r ,
let not man' pUt Miutd ^ r . ^ Novr Sttfcia Moses represeiits * U& cr ^ 4 t ^> ii tff tlite vronian as having taken ^ pWt&ih * a dfe € p s ^ teep , t * tat ifc , ^ ift ^ e H ^ ^^^ ite it ad but a vis * 6 h , the direct of ^ hi ^ h Was to hicillcate the divitte ihstfetltfdh
o # c n ^ rt » J a ^ i < i % ^ b ^ ilo ^ tne&tis fmlSws t * rai « she ' w ^ # reaJltf treated oh tlifr dfecasloii ;> Vfe aS *^ 1 * ferefb re left ^ Mbeny t ? o > c < m ^ iaer ^ r a ^ i HiviW ^ 8 e 4 fa actually wealed fVefor ^ th 6 £ ^^»^ <^ f' ^ ## ^ ^^ S ^^ S ro ^ le 4 &ti& uffem a 8 ^ m the ^ ifirwimsftftifer . Bttt itf ^ # a « k ^ # l ^^ # ^ iM ^ iii should be represented as naade * % ^^ fife rib of the man J a ^ lB ' a ^ BW er to il ^ quesiioli J preaumB ? iB . to he sod ^ ht in the practice of cominUniCating instriie-
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Beh J > avid ' s fRemarks oh Mia&Mk ^ J Acvouni G 6 nb $ i ** ; # 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 665, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/9/
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