...of St. Matthew Chrift anfwers the Scribes and fharifees who came to tempt him with their Queftion, Whether it was Lawful for a Man to put away his Wife for any Caufe, as they (aid Mojes had permitted them to do. But the Anfwer that Chrjft. gave them, That...

...indifference to them, that it is their obvious duty. Thus when the Pharifees came to JESUS, and afked him whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every caui'c? (Matth. xix. 3.) JESUS immediately referred them to Mofes's Account of the Creation. — "...

...obfervations may therefore ferve as a key teethe fcripture under conn" deration. Th£ Pharifees (who aiked, whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every caufe?} feem to have been deeply tinctured with that pofition of Hillell, and to have adopted that...

...obfervations may therefore ferve as a key to the fcripture under confideration. The Pbarifees (who afked, whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every caufe ?J feem to have been deeply tin&ured with that pofition of Hillell, and to have adopted that...

...criminality. It is not less remarkable, that when the Pharisees, " tempting him," enquired, Matt. xix. 3. whether it was " lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause '" he answered, by reviving and establishing the original charter, and he did it by repeating the very...

...beginning of the nineteenth chapfer, we find the Pharifees tempting Jefus with a new queftion—Whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every caufe f Thedecehfulnefs of the queftion lay in this;—that as Jefus had often fpoken againft divorces...

...explained by our Saviour, in the passage quoted above. The Pharisees asked Him, whether it VoL. IV. 29 was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause. Christ replies, that, in consequence of this Institution, a man and his wife are no more twain, but...

...manner it is directly explained by our Saviour, in the passage quoted above. The Pharisees asked Him, whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause. Christ replies, that, in consequence of this Institution, a man and his wife are no more twain, but...

...manner it is directly explained by our Saviour, in the passage quoted above. The Pharisees asked him, ' whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' Christ replies, that in consequence of this institution, a man and his wife are no more twain, but...

...whole human family. On this point the comment of Christ is express. The Jews inquired of him, — , Whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause ?, — In his reply, he admits that Moses, for the hardness of their hearts, allowed divorces in certain...