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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.