Chapter 25: Of Marriage
1. Marriage is to be between one man and one woman; neither is
it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman
to have more than one husband at the same time.
(
Genesis 2:24;
Malachi 2:15;
Matthew 19:5,6
)
2. Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife,
for the increase of mankind with a legitimate issue, and the preventing
of uncleanness.
(
Genesis 2:18;
Genesis 1:28;
1 Corinthians 7:2, 9
)
3. It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able
with judgment to give their consent; yet it is the duty of Christians
to marry in the Lord; and therefore such as profess the true religion,
should not marry with infidels, or idolaters; neither should such as
are godly, be unequally yoked, by marrying with such as are wicked in
their life, or maintain damnable heresy.
(
Hebrews 13:4;
1 Timothy 4:3;
1 Corinthians 7:39;
Nehemiah 13:25-27
)
4. Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity
or affinity, forbidden in the Word; nor can such incestuous marriages
ever be made lawful, by any law of man or consent of parties, so as
those persons may live together as man and wife.
(
Leviticus 18;
Mark 6:18;
1 Corinthians 5:1
)
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