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ne§s shall correct thee, and thy backsliding shall re- prove thee." — Beside, let it impress the public mind with holy fear, let it be remembered with reveren- tial awe, that God is jealous of his own ordinances, and will not suffer any person with impunity to pro- fane them ; especially those who are blessed with his word and profess to be his people, ^^lithey call evil good, and good evil ; if they break his statutes, and keep not his commandments. He will visit their transgression with the rod and their ini- quity with stripes," for ** verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth." — The rule of the divine go- vernment toward those whom he has knowriy and blessed with distinguished privileges, is always and invariably the same : *' The Lord is with you, while ye be with him ; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you ; but if ye forsake him, he will for- sake you." And, saith the Lord, *' wo to them, when I depart from them." Many indecent and indelicate, disagreeable and unpleasant consequences resulting fro«n a marriage with a sister in law, will be readily anticipated by every serious and reflecting mind. Let it suffice to observe ; that admitting (which cannot in truth be