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Page xliii
... polygamy , to which he appears to have been led by the difficulty he found in reconciling the commonly received opinion with the practice of the patriarchs . It seems however no less easy to conceive that the Supreme Lawgiver might ...
... polygamy , to which he appears to have been led by the difficulty he found in reconciling the commonly received opinion with the practice of the patriarchs . It seems however no less easy to conceive that the Supreme Lawgiver might ...
Page 303
... polygamy being trivial , it is of the highest impor- tance that it should be decided . Those who deny its lawfulness , attempt to prove their position from Gen. ii . 24. ' a man shall cleave unto his wife , and they shall be one flesh ...
... polygamy being trivial , it is of the highest impor- tance that it should be decided . Those who deny its lawfulness , attempt to prove their position from Gen. ii . 24. ' a man shall cleave unto his wife , and they shall be one flesh ...
Page 305
... polygamy , either in the way of direct prohibition or implied censure ; unless we are to suppose that the law of God , as delivered by Moses , was at variance with his prior declarations ; or that , though the passage in question had ...
... polygamy , either in the way of direct prohibition or implied censure ; unless we are to suppose that the law of God , as delivered by Moses , was at variance with his prior declarations ; or that , though the passage in question had ...
Page 307
... polygamy , reasons of a much stronger kind might have been urged from the nature of the original institution , as was done in the ordinance of the Sabbath . * A third passage which is advanced , Deut . xvii . 17 . is so far from ...
... polygamy , reasons of a much stronger kind might have been urged from the nature of the original institution , as was done in the ordinance of the Sabbath . * A third passage which is advanced , Deut . xvii . 17 . is so far from ...
Page 308
... polygamy , to understand the phrase thus - did not he make one woman ? But the gender , and even the case , are at variance with this interpretation ; for nearly all the other commentators render the words as follows : annon unus fecit ...
... polygamy , to understand the phrase thus - did not he make one woman ? But the gender , and even the case , are at variance with this interpretation ; for nearly all the other commentators render the words as follows : annon unus fecit ...
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