A03622:197
A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of almighty God written Exo. 20. Deu.…A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu.…
A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of almighty God written Exo. 20. Deu. 5. Collected out of the scripture canonical, by Joanne Hopper.A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu. 5. Collectyd out of the scripture canonicall, by Joanne Hopper.
Zurich: printed by Augustin Fries, 1549
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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.
And as the condition of the persons aggravate the offence / so should justice aggravate the punishment thereof. and not to punish the one / and let the other go. There is no man more privileged then the other. As justice is executed against the inferior / so should it be against the superior. For as the one is subject unto the law / of God so is the other. There is an other kind of adultery for bidden in this precept ⟨p. CLXIII⟩which Christ speaketh of Matthei. 5. and 19. capit. which is unlawful divorcement of matrimony where as the man putteth away the woman or the woman / the man for unlawful causes.
And as the condicion of the persones agrauat the offence / so shuld iustice agrauat the punyshment therof. and not to punyshe the one / and lett the other go. There is noman more preuilegyd then the other. As iustice is executyd agaynst the inferiour / so shuld it be agaynst the superiour. For as the one is subiect vnto the law / of God so is the other. There is an other kynd of adulterie for bydden in this precept ⟨p. CLXIII⟩whiche Christ speakythe of Matthei. 5. and 19. capit. whiche is vnlawfull diuorsemement of matrimonie where as the man puttythe awaye the woman or the woman / the man for vnlawfull causes.
The same authority hath the woman to put away the man / that the man hath to put away the woman / Marc. 10. Christ saith there is no lawful cause to dissolve matrimony / but adultery. For when the woman giveth the use of her body to an other man / she is no more here first husband's wife. Nor the husband no no longer the husband of his wife / then he observe the faith of matrimony with her: where so ever this fault happen / and can be proved by certain signs / and lawful testimonies: the persons may by the authority of God's word and ministry of the Magistrates be separated so one from the other / that it shall be Lawful for the man to marry an other wife / and the wife to marry an other husband / as Christ saith