The Ivdgement of Martin Bucer concerning divorce written to Edward the sixt, in his second book of the Kingdom of Christ, and now Englisht : wherein a late book restoring the doctrine and discipline of divorce is heer confirm'd and justify'd by the authoritie of Martin Bucer to the Parlament of England.

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Title: The Ivdgement of Martin Bucer concerning divorce written to Edward the sixt, in his second book of the Kingdom of Christ, and now Englisht : wherein a late book restoring the doctrine and discipline of divorce is heer confirm'd and justify'd by the authoritie of Martin Bucer to the Parlament of England.
Author: Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.
Publication: London :: Printed by Matthew Simmons,; 1644.
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Subject terms: Milton, John, 1608-1674. -- Doctrine and discipline of divorce.; Divorce.; Marriage -- Early works to 1800.
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CHAP. XXV.

The words of our Lord, a••d of the holy Ghost by the Apostle Paul concerning Divorce are explain'd.

BVt the words of our Lord and of the holy Ghost, out of which Au∣stin, and some others of the Fathers think it concluded that our Saviour forbids ma••iage after any divorce are these, Mat. 5. 31, 32. I•• hath bin said &c. And Mat. 19. 7. They say unto him, why did Moses then command, &c. And Mark the 10^th, and Luke the 16. Rom. 7. 1, 2, 3. 1 Cor. 7. 10, 11. H••nce therfore they conclude that all mariage af∣ter divorce is call'd adultery; which to commit beeing no ways to be tolerated in any Christian, they think it follows that second ••a∣riage is in no case to be permitted either to the divorcer or to the di∣vorsed.

But that it may be more fully and plainly perceav'd, what force is in this kind of reasoning, it will be the best cours to lay down certain * 1.1 grounds wher of no Christian can doubt the truth. First it is a wicked∣nes to suspect that our Saviour branded that for adultery, which him∣self in his own Law, which he came to fulfill, and not to dissolv, did not only permit, but also command; for by him the only Mediator was the wh••le law of God giv'n. But that by this law of God mariage was permitted after any divorce is certain by Deut. 24. 1.

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* 1.1

The 1. axion•• that Christ could not' condemn of adultery that which he once commanded.

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