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184 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. childrenalsowhom they had begottenof them. Also in the firstEpistleof Paul to the Corinthians: " The woman is bound so long as her husband liveth; but if he die,sheis freed to marry whom she will,only in the Lord. But she willbe happierifshe abidethus."1 And again: " Know ye not thatyour bodiesarethemembers of Christ? ShallI take the members of Christ,and make them the members of an harlot1 Far be itfrom me. Or know ye not thathe who is joinedtogetherwith an harlotisone body ? for two shallbe in one flesh.But he who isjoinedtotheLord isone spirit."' Also in the second to the Corinthians: " Be not joinedto gether with unbelievers. For what participationis there between righteousnessand unrighteousness? or what com munication hath lightwith darkness?"3 Also concerning Solomon in the thirdbook of Kings : " And foreignwives turned away hisheartaftertheirgods."4 03. That the sinof fornicationisgrievous. In the firstEpistleof Paul to the Corinthians: " Every sinwhatsoevera man doethisoutsidethe body ; but he who committeth fornicationsinneth againsthis own body. Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a great price. Glorifyand bear the Lord in your body."5 G4. What are thosecarnalthings which beget death,and what are the spiritualthingswhich leadto life. Paul to the Galatians: " The fleshlustethagainstthe Spirit,and the Spiritagainsttheflesh:fortheseare contrary the one to the other,that ye cannot do even those things which ye wish. But the deeds of the fleshare manifest, which are:adulteries,fornications,impurities,filthiness,idola tries,sorceries,murders,hatreds,strifes,emulations,animosi ties,provocations,hatreds,dissensions,heresies,envyings, drunkenness,revellings,and such like: with respectto which I declare,thatthey who do such things shallnot possessthe kingdom of God. But the fruitof the Spiritischarity,joy, 1 1 Cor.vii.89,40. s 1 Cor.vi.15-17. 3 2 Cor.vi.14. 4 1 Kingsxi.4. « 1 Cor.vi.18-20.

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