The Blessings of Polygamy Displayed in An Affectionate Address to the Rev Mart
The Blessings of Polygamy Displayed in An Affectionate Address to the Rev Mart
Hill, Richard, Fl. 1518-1538
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G the Corinthians of lending out their wives is to me inconceivable. Surely to ufe your own language, this is to make fcripture fpeak any thing or nothing, or every thing, juft as fuits our own fancy. But rieitber will this forced interpretation itand, for in order to adopt it, you . Are obliged to change the word iropuxq which is very properly tranflated forflicatian, (or fornications) and to render it adultery, fay- ing that it includes all fort of uncleannefs. But why muft the word wof * whi...ch comes directly from iroew a harlot, be conftrued adultery rather than fornication ? the rea- fon is plain, becaufe fimple fornication could not be cominitted by the cuftom of lending 60 The Blej/ings of Polygamy, lending out wives, fo you muft either give up your fenfe of the text, or we mufl grant you that voptw in this place means adultery, and cannot mean fornication. But I have ftill one objection to make againft your interpretation -, which is, that it intirely deftroys the force of the apoftle's reafoning in urging marriage as a remedy againft the danger of celibacy.
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