Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible . Dissertation III. Of the knowledge of marriage givento Adam, Proceed now to confider anotherrevelation neceffary to Adam ina ftate of innocence]; and thatwas a revelation of marriage ac-cording to the law of nature; or,in other words, that God had ordained, thatone man mould be infeparably united to onewoman. Now that this knowledge was neceffary toAdam> I believe the ad
Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible . Dissertation III. Of the knowledge of marriage givento Adam, Proceed now to confider anotherrevelation neceffary to Adam ina ftate of innocence]; and thatwas a revelation of marriage ac-cording to the law of nature; or,in other words, that God had ordained, thatone man mould be infeparably united to onewoman. Now that this knowledge was neceffary toAdam> I believe the adverfaries of revelationwill not deny > when they confider, that this in-feparable union of one man with one womanin marriage, is a law of nature, asl {hall here-after prove it to be ; and they themfelves ownthat the knowledge of the law of nature is ne-ceffary, in order to a due difcharge of that Adam knew this to be fuch> is evi-dent Revelation Examind, Sec. 29 dent from thefe words in the fecond chapterof Genefisy pronounced by him at the inflantthat God gave the woman unto him, v. Adam faid, This is now bone of my bones,and flefoo of my fejh; foe fooall be called Wo-man, becaufe foe was take
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