Polygamy
All polygamy is clearly forbidden in these words, in which our Lord expressly declares that for any woman who has a husband alive to marry again is adultery. By the same reasoning, it is adultery for any man to marry again so long as he has a wife alive. Yes, even though they were divorced, unless that divorce had been for the cause of adultery. In that case only, there is no scripture which forbids marrying again.
1771 text
All Polygamy is clearly forbidden in these words, wherein our Lord expresly declares, That for any woman who has a husband alive, to marry again is adultery. By parity of reason, it is adultery for any man to marry again, so long as he has a wife alive. Yea, altho’ they were divorced: unless that divorce had been for the cause of adultery. In that only case, there is no scripture, which forbids to marry again.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 23 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:8-12.
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