Of Marriage Chapter 25

marriage

Genesis 2:18–25 ESV

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

25.2

Mutal Help - This is key in the differance of the medival understanding. Marriage was a sacrment, able to get you into heaven and a way to prevent immorality, and procreate

Protestants in this little word as the puritans understood it adeed love. Mutal-help returns the covnenatal understanding from the garden AND brings about love an affection.

Legitmate - Help to make clear inheritance issues

Prevent unlceanness- stop immorality

25.3

All sorts - Any can marry, including pastors, celebate priesthood is an invetion of the 1100s

Judgment and consent - Judgment is with parental oversight in the case of english law under 21

consent - you are to marry with consent of the marrying

Duty- strongest word

In the Lord - Only Christians not Pagans and catholics

The yoked are rules to marry, basically if they couldn’t join the church you shouldn’t marry them.

25.4

high view of marriage