Originally Posted by Neogillist

I looked at Piper's article. I think he is right. Did you know, there has not been a single case of divorce among the puritans? When a marriage would get on the rock, the couple would separate and the wife would typically return to live with her parents (as happened to John Owen's daugther). Most puritans married twice or three times even, but always after the death of their previous partner. Men would often marry widows (like Calvin and others) out of love and a desire to support the orphans. John Lightfoot, for instance married his first wife at 26, and she was a widow. The fact that many Reformed congregations have divorced and remarried couples is a sad trend that proves how believers nowadays often value the comfort of their lives above the Law of Christ.