Moreover, those who are competent, and who are advanced in years, ought to be judges of themselves in these matters. For that it is proper to abstain from each other by consent, in order that they may be free for a season to give themselves to prayer, and then come together again, they have heard from Paul in his epistle. [773]

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Footnotes:

[773] Referring to the relations of marriage, dealt with in 1 Corinthians 7:5, etc.