A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…

Then it is honourable for the place; for whereas all other ordinances ¹were instituted out of Paradise, Marriage was instituted in Paradise in the happiest place, to signify how happy they are which marry in the Lord, they do not only marry one another, but Christ is married unto them, & so Marriage hath the honour of the place above all other ordinances to, ⟨p. 5⟩because it was ordained in Paradise. As God the Father honoured Marriage, so did God the Son, which is called the seed of the ²woman: and therefore Marriage was so honoured amongst women because of this seed, that when Elizabeth brought forth a son, ³she said, that God had taken away her rebuke; counting it the honour of women to bear children, and by consequence, the honour of women to be married; for the children which are borne out of Marriage are the dishonour of women, and called by the shameful name of Bastards.⁴

Then it is honourable for the place; for whereas all other ordinances ¹were instituted out of Paradise, Marriage was instituted in Paradise in the happiest place, to signifie howe happie they are which marrie in the Lord, they doo not only marrie one another, but Christ is maried vnto them, & so Mariage hath the honor of the place aboue all other ordināces to, ⟨p. 5⟩because it was ordained in Paradise. As God the Father honored Mariage, so did God the Sonne, which is called the seede of the ²woman: and therefore Mariage was so honored amongst women because of this seede, that when Elizabeth brought foorth a sonne, ³she said, that God had taken away her rebuke; counting it the honor of women to beare children, and by consequence, the honour of women to be maried; for the children which are borne out of Mariage are the dishonor of women, and called by the shamefull name of Bastards.