Page:Unlawfulmarriage00jane.djvu/39

Rh

6. already noticed how the Puritan has erred in his quotation from Jeremy Taylor, this may be the proper place for testing his claims to certain great and learned men, who, he says, (p. 23,) "have plead for the lawfulness of such marriages." It belongs to the history of this subject.

Grotius heads the list. By what authority this great and learned man is claimed as advocating the Puritan's cause, does not appear. Reference is had to his interpretation of Lev. 18:18, (p. 21, par. 2;) but it will appear inconclusive, when compared with the following quotations; which prove—1. That he considered