ON THE CAUSES OF COLDNESS, SEPARATION, AND DIVORCE IN MARRIAGES, n. 234-260.

There are spiritual heat and spiritual cold; and spiritual heat is love, and spiritual cold is the privation thereof, n. 235.  Spiritual cold in marriages is a disunion of souls and a disjunction of minds, whence come indifference, discord, contempt, disdain, and aversion; from which, in several cases, at length comes separation as to bed, chamber, and house, n. 236.  There are several successive causes of cold, some internal, some external, and some accidental, n. 237.  Internal causes of cold are from religion, n. 238, 239.  Of internal causes of cold the first is the rejection of religion by each of the parties, n. 240.  Of internal causes of cold the second is that one of the parties has religion and not the other, n. 241.  Of internal causes of cold the third is, that one of the parties is of one religion and the other of another, n. 242.  Of internal causes of cold the fourth is, the falsity of the religion, n. 243.  With many, the above-mentioned are causes of internal cold, but not at the same time of external, n. 244, 245.  There are also several external causes of cold, the first of which is dissimilitude of minds and manner, n. 246.  Of external causes of cold the second is, that conjugial love is believed to be the same as adulterous love, only that the latter is not allowed by law, but the former is, n. 247.  Of external causes of cold the third is, a striving for preeminence between married partners, n. 248.  Of external causes of cold the fourth is, a want of determination to any employment or business, whence comes wandering passion, n. 249.  Of external causes of cold the fifth is, inequality of external rank and condition, n. 250.  There are also causes of separation, n. 251.  The first cause of legitimate separation is a vitiated state of mind, n. 252.  The second cause of legitimate separation is a vitiated state of body, n. 253.  The third cause of legitimate separation is impotence before marriage, n. 254.  Adultery is the cause of divorce, n. 255.  There are also several accidental causes of cold; the first of which is, that enjoyment is common (or cheap), because continually allowed, n. 256.  Of accidental causes of cold the second is, that living with a married partner, from a covenant and contract, seems forced and not free, n. 257.  Of accidental causes of cold the third is, affirmation on the part of the wife, and her talking incessantly about love, n. 258.  Of accidental causes of cold the fourth is, the man’s continually thinking that his wife is willing, and on the other hand, the wife’s thinking that the man is not willing, n. 259.  As cold is in the mind, it is also in the body; and according to the increase of that cold, the externals also of the body are closed, n. 260.

ON THE CAUSES OF APPARENT LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, AND FAVOR IN MARRIAGES, n. 271-292.