The Almighty

But if nature led them, as it leads the irrational creatures too, to the begetting of children, yet they were moved sooner than was fitting, being still young, led astray by deceit—then the judgement of God is just upon those who did not await His will, but generation is holy, through which the world is established, through which the substances are, through which the natures, through which the ang …

for the world is created, and celibacy too is created, and let both give thanks in the state in which they were appointed, if they know also for what purposes they were appointed.

For what God has joined together, man could never reasonably put asunder.

Yet he himself, notwithstanding the unchangeable nature of his sovereign will, was inclined to spare the most wicked cities, if ten righteous persons could be found therein.

It will be necessary to repeat an observation made before, with respect to oaths, both of the affirmative and promissory kind, where it was maintained that they exclude all exceptions, all mental reservations towards the person, to whom they are made, being regarded not merely as a solemn transaction with that individual, but as a stedfast appeal to God.