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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…
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of usury. By Henry Smith.A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of vsurie. By Henrie Smith.
London: printed by Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man, 1591
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.
As Christ honoured Marriage with his birth, so he honoured it 1with his miracles: for the first miracle which Christ did, he wrought at a Marriage in Canaan, where he turned their water into ⟨p. 6⟩wine: so, if Christ be at your Marriage, that is, if you marry in christ, your water shall be turned into wine, that is, your peace, and your rest, and your joy, and your happiness shall begin with your Marriage; but if you marry not in Christ, then your wine shall be turned into water, that is, you shall live worse hereafter than you did before. As he honoured it with miracles, so he honoured it with praises: for he compareth the kingdom 2of God to a Wedding, and he compareth holiness to a Wedding 3garment. And in the 5. of Canticles he is wedded himself.4
As Christ honoured Mariage with his birth, so he honoured it 1with his miracles: for the first miracle which Christe did, hee wrought at a Mariage in Chanaan, where he turned their water into ⟨p. 6⟩wine: so, if Christ be at your Mariage, that is, if you marie in christ, your water shall bee turned into wine, that is, your peace, and your rest, and your ioy, and your happines shal begin with your Mariage; but if you marrie not in Christ, then your wine shall be turned into water, that is, you shall liue worse hereafter than you did before. As he honoured it with miracles, so he honored it with praises: for hee compareth the kingdome 2of God to a Wedding, and he compareth holines to a Wedding 3garment. And in the 5. of Canticles he is wedded himselfe.4