John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 7:9
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1 Corinthians7:9
Verſe 9. Let them marry] There is no luſt ſo hot and violent, but Gods medicines rightly applied, will cool and heal. Only remember that it is not the having, but the loving of a wife that keep [illegible: 1 word] man chaſt and clean: And that God doth uſe to correct exceſſe and dalliance betwixt married couples, with ſtrong temptations after ſtrange fleſh.
Better to marry then to burn] As an Oven heated by the Baker, Hoſ. 7.4. As thoſe Pagans were ſcalded, Rom. 1.27. and theſe Pa[illegible: 1 letter]agans ſtill are, that are forbidden to marry, and yet cannot contain.
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