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Two marriage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of…Tvvo mariage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of…
Two marriage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith. The latter on John 2. 1--12. By that learned and judicious divine Mr William Bradshaw some time fellow of Sidney College in Cambridge.Tvvo mariage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith. The latter on Iohn 2. 1--12. By that learned and judicious divine Mr William Bradshaw some time fellow of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Fulke Clifton, 1620
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now to such Solomon seemeth to answer in the words of my Text, that It is not evil to marry, but it is good to be wary: that it is not the abuse or badness of some, that ought to make Gods ordinance the less valued, or the less esteemed, being in it self and of it self a matter of great benefit: that as the inconvenience is great and grievous that a bad wife bringeth with her; so the benefit on the other side is no less that cometh by a good wife, by a wise and a discreet woman: who is therefore here commended as a special Gift, as a principal Blessing of God, such as goeth beyond any other temporal Blessing whatsoever. And surelyb as there is no greater temporal cross or curse then the one; so is there no greater temporal blessing then the other.c
Now to such Salomon seemeth to answer in the words of my Text, that It is not euill to mary, but it is good to be wary: that it is not the abuse or badnes of some, that ought to make Gods ordinance the lesse valued, or the lesse esteemed, being in it selfe and of it selfe a matter of great benefit: that as the inconuenience is great and grieuous that a bad wife bringeth with her; so the benefit on the other side is no lesse that commeth by a good wife, by a wise and a discreet woman: who is therfore here commended as a speciall Gift, as a principall Blessing of God, such as goeth beyond any other temporall Blessing whatsoeuer. And surelyb as there is no greater temporall crosse or curse then the one; so is there no greater temporall blessing then the other.c
- b[Greek or Hebrew]. Hesiod. [Greek or Hebrew]. Simonid. apud Clem. Alex. strom. l. 6. Sors potior maliere proba non •btigit unquam Ulla viro; contraque mala nil tetrius usquā est. Erasm. [Greek or Hebrew]. Menand. Salus & exitium mulier est aedibus. H. Steph.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Hesiod. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Simonid. apud Clem. Alex. strom. l. 6. Sors potior maliere proba non btigit vnquam Vlla viro; contraque mala nil tetrius vsquā est. Erasm. . Menand. Salus & exitium mulier est aedibus. H. Steph.