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... of these faints be written for our learning , what are we to learn from them ,
respecting their polygamy ? 21. If these saints of old lived and died “ in fin , by
living and dying in the allowed ** practice of polygamy , what is the name of “ the
sin ?
... of these faints be written for our learning , what are we to learn from them ,
respecting their polygamy ? 21. If these saints of old lived and died “ in fin , by
living and dying in the allowed ** practice of polygamy , what is the name of “ the
sin ?
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I have often thought , that if Methuselah had begun his long life with the æra of
the Christian church , and had lived his 969 years in the Christian world , his life
must have been a very miserable one , unless , like the vicar of Bray , of famous ...
I have often thought , that if Methuselah had begun his long life with the æra of
the Christian church , and had lived his 969 years in the Christian world , his life
must have been a very miserable one , unless , like the vicar of Bray , of famous ...
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when the accidental living together of a man and woman had been productive of
children , and they found it necessary or convenient to continue together ; when ,
if they agreed on the matter between themselves , it became a valid marriage ...
when the accidental living together of a man and woman had been productive of
children , and they found it necessary or convenient to continue together ; when ,
if they agreed on the matter between themselves , it became a valid marriage ...
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David died as really a Chriftian believer as St. Paul did ; witness his last words , 2
Sam . xxiii . 5 ; and yet , amidit all the explicit confessions he made in the most
folemn hours of his repentance , he does not once * bewail the polygamy he lived
...
David died as really a Chriftian believer as St. Paul did ; witness his last words , 2
Sam . xxiii . 5 ; and yet , amidit all the explicit confessions he made in the most
folemn hours of his repentance , he does not once * bewail the polygamy he lived
...
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... of them so who live in the East , still keep up their antient " practice of polygamy
; whereas in Germany they are not 6 allowed this privilege , and in Italy very
rarely , and “ only in case a man hath lived ten years with his wife sr without issue
.
... of them so who live in the East , still keep up their antient " practice of polygamy
; whereas in Germany they are not 6 allowed this privilege , and in Italy very
rarely , and “ only in case a man hath lived ten years with his wife sr without issue
.
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| Title | Thelyphthora; or, A treatise on female ruin [by M. Madan]. Volume 1 of Thelyphthora; or, A treatise on female ruin [by M. Madan], Martin Madan |
| Author | Martin Madan |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1781 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 31 May 2007 |
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