In answer to this, I place in the saints chastity unto
Christ, in every state and condition. That this might be the state of the
church of Corinth, the apostle made it his endeavour. 2 Cor. xi. 2, 3, “I have espoused
you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ.” And so is it said of the followers of the Lamb, on mount Sion,
Rev. xiv. 4, “These are they which
were not defiled with women, for they are virgins.” What defilement that
was they were free from, shall be afterward declared.