loved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. Çant. vii, 6. How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! Ezek. xvi, 7, 13-15. I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. And thou wast exceeding beautiful..... And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. months, that she returned unto Ruth iii, 2, 3. And now is not 1 Kings i, 3. 4. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministerEzek. xxviii, 17. Thine hearted to him; but the king knew her was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. VIRGINITY. Gen. xxiv, 16. And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin; neither had any man known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. Num. xxxi, 15-18, 35. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam,to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women-children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for your selves. And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. Judges xi, 37-40. And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. And it came to pass, at the end of two not. to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women.) Then thus came every maiden unto the king: whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the wo men unto the king's house. In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shanshguz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. Ps. lxxviii, 63. The fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not given to marriage. Rev. xiv, 4. These are they which were not defiled with wo men; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. LOVES-VARIOUS. Gen. xxxiv, 3. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob; and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the dam sel. Esther il, 1-4, 8, 9, 12-14. After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what Gen. xxix, 11, 18-20. And Jacob she had done, and what was kissed Rachel, and lifted up his decreed against her. Then said voice, and wept. And Jacob the king's servants that minister- loved Rachel; and said, I will ed unto him, Let there be fair serve thee seven years for Rachel young virgins sought for the king: thy younger daughter. And And let the king appoint officers Laban said, It is better that I give in all the provinces of his king-her to thee, than that I should dom, that they may gather to give her to another man: abide And Jacob served gether all the fair young virgins with me. unto Shushan the palace, to the seven years for Rachel; and they custody of Hege house of the women, unto the seemed unto him but a few days, the king's for the love he had to her. chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Ilegal, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best plece of the house of the women. Now, when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, Judges xvi, 4. 15. And it came afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. Saul's daughter, loved David: and 1 Sam. xvill, 20, 28. And Michal. they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 2 Sam. xiii, 1, 2. And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her. And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin: and fas my brother, that sucked the Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. 1 Kings xi, 1, 2. But king Solomon loved many strange women, (together with the daughter of Pharaoh,) women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clave unto these in love. Esther i, 17. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. Prov. vii, 13, 18. So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves. Cant. viii, 6, 7 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which have a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. Dan. xi, 37. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. Cant. 1, 2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine Cant. i, 5. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples; for I am sick of love. Çant. iii, 4. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. Cant. iv, 9. Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; then hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. Cant v, 8. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. Oant. vii, 10. I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. Cant. viii, 1. Oh that thou wert breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. Luke vii, 45. Thon gavest me no kiss; but this woman, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. Rom. xvi, 16. Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you. 1 Cor xvi, 20. All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss. 2 Cor. xiii, 12. Greet one another with an holy kiss. 1 Thess. v, 26. Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 1 Pet. v, 14 Greet ye one ano ther with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. COURTSHIP IN SUNDRY Gen. xxiv, 51, 57-59 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy mas ter's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. Gen. xxxiv, 6-11. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved; and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in which thing ought not to be done. lying with Jacob's daughter; down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-inlaw bade her. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou? And she answered. I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, Iny daughter; for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. And now, it is true that I am thy near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well, let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinslie down until the morning. And man to thee, as the LORD liveth: she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter in rest, until he have finished the will fall; for the man will not be thing this day. And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daugh- 1 Kings ii, 16-22. And now I ter: I pray you give her him to ask one petition of thee, deny me wife. And make ye marriages not. And she said unto him, Say with us, and give your daughters on. And he said, Speak, I pray unto us, and take our daughters thee, unto Solomon the king, (for unto you. And ye shall dwell he will not say thee nay.) that he with us: and the land shall be be- give me Abishag the Shunamfore you; dwell and trade yemite to wife. And Bath-sheba therein, and get you possessions therein. And Shechem said unto her father, and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me will give. Judges xiv, 7. And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. Ruth iii, 4-14, 18. And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not say thee nay. And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijali? ask for him the kingdom also; (for he is mine elder brother;) even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. Prov. vii, 15. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 1 Sam. xviii 19. But it came to pass, at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. Isa. liv, 6. For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken, and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. Jer. xxii, 20. Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages; for all thy lovers are destroyed. Joel i, 8. Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. RAPE. Gen. xxxiv,1,2, 5. And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; (now his sons were with his cattle in the field;) and Jacob held his peace until they were come. Judges xxl, 20-23. Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 2 Sam. xiii, 11-14. And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king, for he will not withhold me from thee. Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. shall be dashed to pieces before Isa. xiii, 16. Their children also their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Lam. v, 11. They ravished the the cities of Judah. women in Zion, and the maids in Zech. xiv, 2. For I will gather battle; and the city shall be taken, all nations against Jerusalem to and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. ITS PUNISHMENT. Deut. xxii, 25-27. But if a man field, and the man force her, and find a betrothed damsel in the lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die: But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin corthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. MARRIAGE. ITS ORIGIN. God said, It is not good that the Gen. ii, 18, 24. And the LORD man should be alone; I will make fore shall a man leave his father him an help meet for him. Thereand his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Matth. xix, 5, 6. And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. Mark x, 7, 8. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. Jer. ii, 2. Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. troth thee unto me for ever, yea, Hosea ii, 19, 20. And I will beI will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies: I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD. brethren, ye also are Rom. vii, 4. Wherefore, my become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. shall a man leave his father and Eph. v, 31, 32. For this cause mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be tery: but I speak concerning one flesh. This is a great mys Christ and the church. and rejoice, and give honour to Rev. xix, 7, 9. Let us be glad hin: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And he saith unto me, Write, blessed are they he saith unto me, These are the which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And true sayings of God. Rev. xxi, 2, 9. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. INSTANCES. Nahor took them wives: the name Gen. xi. 29. And Abram and the daughter of Haran, the father the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, of Abram's wife was Sarai; and of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. Gen. xxiv, 6-8. And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.... Thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. Gen. xxv, 20. And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. Exod. ii, 1. And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took | ye stay for them from having Exod. vi, 23-25. And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And the sons of Korab; Assir, and Elkanali, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according to their families. Judges xv, 1. But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. Judges xxi, 14. And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. 1 Kings iv, 11. The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wite. 1 Kings xi, 19. And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 1 Chron. xxiii, 22. And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. Prov. xix, 14. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers; and a prudent wife is from the LORD. Jer. xxix, 6. Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 1 Cor. vii, 2, 9, 35. Nevertheless, speak for your own profit, not that camest? And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. Gen. xxviii, 1, 2. And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. Gen. xxxiv, 4. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. Gen. xxxviii, 6. And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, whose 1 Tim. iv, 3. Forbidding to name was Tamar. marry...... 1 Tim. v, 14. I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. Heb. xiii, 4. Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. CAUTIONS. Jer. xvi, 2. Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. 1 Cor. vil, 1, 7, 8, 26, 32, 33. Now concerning the things whereof ve wrote unto me: It is good for a Hosea i, 2, 3. The beginning of man not to touch a woman. For the word of the LORD by Hosea. I would that all men were even And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, as I myself: but every man hath take unto thee a wife of whore-his proper gift of God, one after doms, and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Load. So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblalım; which conceived, and bare him a son. Luke xvii, 26, 27. And as it was In the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in inarriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ITS CONTINUANCE AS AN Judges xxi, 16. Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? Ruth i, 13. Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would Exod. ii, 21. And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. Judges xiv, 1-3. And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman daughters of thy among the brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. 1 Chron. ii, 34, 35. Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyp tian, whose name was Jarha. And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife, and she bare him Attai. this manner, and another after PARENTAL AUTHORITY. Gen. xxiv, 4, 5, 37, 38. But thou APOSTOLIC LAW. 1 Cor. vii, 27, 28, 36-38. Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath Nevertheless such not sinned. shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. But if any ma think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not; let them marry. Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. So then be that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. NUPTIAL FEAST. the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. Jer. xvi, 9. For thus saith the Behold, I will cause to cease out LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; your days, the voice of mirth, and of this place in your eyes, and in the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. Jer. xxv. 10. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth. upon him. And Saul said, I will snare to him, and that the hand give him her, that she may be a of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law in the one of the twain. And Saul commanded his serDavid secretly, and say. Behold, Vants, saying, Commune with the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. And Saul, said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not and the voice of gladness, they dowry, but an hundred forevoice of the bridegroom, and the avenged of the king's enemies. skins of the Philistines, to be millstones, and the light of the fall by the hand of the Philistines. voice of the bride, the sound of the But Saul thought to make David candle. And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and the days were not expired. he and his men, and slew of the Wherefore David arose and went, Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. Gen. xxiv, 60. And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those Matth. ix, 14, 15. Then came to which hate them. him the disciples of John, saying, Gen. xxix, 22. And Laban gath-fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? Why do we and the Pharisees ered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. Judges xiv, 10, 11. So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. Ruth iv, 11. 12. And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel, and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem: And let thy house be like the honse of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. Ps. xlv, 9, 14, 15. Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the King's palace. Cant. ii, 11. Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. John ii, 1, 2. And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus was called and his disciples to the marriage. MARRIAGES OF POLICY. Josh. xv, 16, 17. And Caleb said wife. years they shall join themselves Dan. xi, 6, 17. And in the end of of the south shall come to the together; for the king's daughter king of the north to make an agreement. . . . . . He shall also set his face to enter with the and upright ones with him; thus strength of his whole kingdom, shall he do: and he shall give corrupting her; but she shall not him the daughter of women, stand on his side, neither be for him. DOWRY. Gen. xxix, 24. And Laban gavo unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. Gen. xxxi, 14-16.43. And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto inheritance for us in our father's him, Is there yet any portion or house? Are not we counted of him strangers? for he hath sold which God hath taken from our us, and hath quite devoured also father, that is ours, and our chil our money. For all the riches dren's: now then, whatsoever God Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, say-Laban answered and said unto Judges xxi, 1. Now the men of hath said unto thee, do. ing, There shall not any of us Jacob, These daughters are my And give his daughter unto Benjamin daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this to wife. 1 Sam. xviii, 17, 21, 22, 25-27. my elder daughter Merab, her day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? Gen. xxxiv, 12. Ask me never will give according as ye shall say so much dowry and gift, and I |