1818 Feb 2

Not Paul

III. Doctrine

Ch. Motives to Doctrine

Asceticism II. Bed

I. Ordinary

1. Celibacy

 Shew how his successors improved upon this by Monkery.

Cause of his apathy in this respect, inappetency the result of antecedent excess

which must have come upon him early if it continued not after his conversion.

Paul’s [...?] continues—I. Cor. 7. / vii. 7. 8./ all as

myself. ib. ix. 27. my body under subjection.

Ch. or §. 1. Paul’s Motives for the application of asceticism to the pleasures of

the bed.

For the ascertaining of the motives which produced application made by Paul /him/ of

asceticism to the pleasures of the bed, no very deep research, no very extraordinary

refinement /discernment/, nothing of that which by impostors and their dupes is so

hated and calumniated under the name of philosophy is necessary. It stands declared

by himself; it may be seen in his own words.

I. Cor. vii. 32.

Of the 7 th Chapter of the first of his two Epistles to his

Corinthians, the whole of the matter has for its subject the pleasures of the bed

reaped in the ordinary shape. in the 32 d of the 40 verses into

which it stands divided, the object to which the whole of his doctrine was directed

stands disclosed: ‘I would have you (says he) without carefulness;’ and again v. 35.

‘And this I speak .... that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction.’