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Show 65 t, .. waa tI J , 1 .or that ,nation. the foundors Israel ,or J8o¢b polygamy having 1.t&d .,wl tb • t "oont1nued gnerat1on. to generation down til the ooming among them from , . . ' of (seems Christ" rely upon his to own , reputation for expertt, propo,sl t1on.) in the 8y$8 of the au.dienoe to enrooe" this ness the law wasglven to regulate a qu.atlon which \', ,.',' : ,I r1sbt. 0:' the lr.tb6rri 'were prior fJxlatenoe, tiM t" ths,t He &rguea ' , :I ' , '. ',.., ' • • , , , had It e aoknowledged in both mon,amOU$lnd law under Qonslderatton the PO.lys·!\mOU8'.,ttnl1te,1 before (a'rgulDent 'trom speo1fl0 w'as 'g1ven 1 instance) .1,4 taking the. conc'luel0n" that. thl' law::siuiotlons, • and the polygamy asulertlon , i -.. • tha' J?lya!Jl1'.111tlOWhr'. oondemru,l'd " , ''; , rn the law of God IUJ premi.es he d,8.Ws the,' oonclualon tba t 1s ,plura11ty ,of w1ves mrr1aga 'of .. Jat as 'legal and prope .8 tbaU of' the single lofrlfe (deduot1v$ argument) .15 He ends' 13,AoOOrd,lng t() reputable mode-rn blblla.1L8'oholar Bee'I.! ship :Pratt's oontention 'here 1, true. Abl'ah..ms, "1A.rr1nge. Jow1eh," JknOYglQPIAq-f, Qf! tl,s11g1nn Bgd-:,JJ11ibJg'I.,' Vol. a, p •. 48l .r " e' ',' , \: I' \ I 14Me ·talte.'Jthe 't$11.1 ot,7X;a.e .a an-xaa'Pl"e of such a case in a mQnogall)L')U8 tmlY •. T,he t'amily .18 cl ted as an example of sueh a casu !in a polyga.D10u&t.;:;m11t. ol:,Jacob • ; 0.... , " 1 , f ,i .. '. .... / ' .',' las\ippl,lng' the' '8upp'e$8,ed :nilaJt- i'remrd.'to: tlt18 'enthymeme y1eldS the syllogism: If,polygamy ,1s nowhe. con demned in the, law- ot ,.God then we have til right to btt11eve from this la.w that polYiamy 1"1 l.ead t&rm' ot maria,g.· ., , 18 nowh,. oon.trnl\tt ln, th()La'1' ot''904tt Tbrf!to,.e. right to b.lleY" tr.oQt this law that 'l'olltramy 1 s.. legq 1, form or rna.rriage. His reluu)nlng, 1. valid. 'he or-or-o ,,1 t i on '"polygamy' 1,' ftQwhe:re Qonaemn d In the 1 f\-v,,1' of ,11 t 1S8U8 in th9 debate (k ':I)(' 1' tht1 rolnt ume t\o fl.,'-' t that 11 10, the,. Qnno fu •• th.t 8tel"a both condemn and co_e,nd th, .praotice. .et,:poll'gatny). hencf', when Pratt at!Hum'8 thls, proposit1on' a. "a pf'Eunlse to·,e.stabl.ish the cono tusf en the.t the rUble ,anatlonl po11garll, he. begs tbe oue s td en However, the propoa1t1on 18 tru,e.' See AbraMnlS,4,61. ..21). ott". p Polyg.tmy we' have a ' .. ' I , . , ',' , ' 13 , |
