...present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any sueh thing ; but that it should be holy, and without blemish. So ought men...himself : for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourished! and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church: for we are members of his body, of his flesh,...

...for whom he ought to have as great regard as he has for his own members; because, says the Apostle, ' he that loveth his wife loveth himself: for no man...nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church.' After the man has thus pledged to pay ' honour where honour is due,' he further engages to impart to...

...not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that it should be holy, and without blemish. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies : he that loveth his wife, loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the...

...husbands ? Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.- Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wif", as unto...

...present it to himself a glorious church, " not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should " be holy, and without blemish : So ought men to love their wives " as their own bodies."f Christ's love to the church, according to this testimony, does not lead him to defile it,...

...itself in love. Eph. v. 29, 30. The Apostle, after directing how men ought to love their wives, says even as the Lord the Church : For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Col. i. 18. And he (Christ) is the head of the body, the church. In view...

...is at once wise and holy, as it is agreeable to nature, to reason, and to God the author of both. " For no man ever yet hated " his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it."' • Or acts of will. T. 1 Ephcs. v. 29. VOL, II. X *5. xxxil. But, besides being contemplated as grievous...

...prosecute with a more affectionate tenderness than our flesh ; for as the apostle says, Ephes. v. 29, No man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it. How does the soul sympathize with it, either in its sufferings or its comforts! one would think that...

...is at once wise and holy, as it is agreeable to nature, to reason, and to God the author of both. " For no man ever yet hated " his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it."1 • Or acU of mitt. T. 1 Ephes. v. 29. VOL. II. X M. xxxn. But, besides being contemplated as...

...Paul descending to the duties of husbands and wives, thus emphatically speaks.* " Men ought to love their " wives, as their own bodies: He that loveth his wife, " loveth himself." — " A man shall leave his father and " his mother, and shall be joined unto his wife: And *' they...