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Rh Let us now exemplify the operation of this rule.

Does the law say to man, "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother?" (V. 7.) It says to woman, Thou shalt not cohabit with thy father.

Does the law say to man, "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister?" (V. 12.) It says to woman, Thou shalt not cohabit with thy father's brother.

Does the law say to man, "Thou shalt not uncover thy father's brother's wife?" (V. 14.) It says to woman, Thou shalt not cohabit with thy mother's sister's husband.

Thus this marriage law accords with the moral law: for when the Decalogue says to man, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife;" it says to woman, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's husband.

IV. In interpreting the marriage law, we are to avail ourselves of the light of Christianity.

This seems so plain as to need no proof. But what says Omicron? "Some minds are doubtless led to look at the subject in a wrong light, by making no distinction between the relative