A03622:198
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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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 Matt. 5. and 19. so that the man shall not need to keep at home wi•he him a woman / that is no more his then an other mans.
The same auctorite hathe the woman to put away the man / that the man hathe to put away the woman / Marc. 10. Christ saythe there is no lawfull cause to dissolue matrimonie / but adulterie. For when the woman yeuithe the vse of her bodie to an other man / she is no more here fyrst housboundes wiefe. Nor the housbound no no lenger the housbound of his wief / then he obserue the faithe of matrimonie withe her: where so euer this fault happen / and canne be prouyd by certayne signes / and lawfull testimonies: the persones may by the auctorite of Godes word and ministerie of the Magistrates be separatyd so one from the other / that it shalbe Lawfull for the man to marie an other wief / and the wief to marie an other housbound / as Christ saithe Matt. 5. and 19. so that the man shall not nede to kepe at homme wi•he him a woman / that is nomore his then an other mannes.
Nether the woman such a husband as is no more hers / than an other woman's: