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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.
Solomon considering all these excellencies, as though we were more indebted to God for this than other temporal gifts, saith: House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife cometh 1of the Lord. House and riches are given of God, and all things else, & yet he saith, house and riches are given of parents, but a good wife is given of God: as though a good wife were such a gift, as we should account from God alone, and accept as if he should send us a present from heaven, with this name 2written upon it, The gift of God.
Salomon considering al these excellencies, as though wee were more indebted to God for this thā other temporall gifts, saith: House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth 1of the Lord. House and riches are giuen of God, and all things els, & yet hee saith, house and riches are giuen of parents, but a good wife is giuen of God: as though a good wife were such a gift, as we should account from God alone, and accept as if hee should send vs a present from heauen, with this name 2written vpon it, The gift of God.
- 1Pro. 14. 14.
- 2Thus Adam doth. Gen. 2.
Beasts are ordained for food, and clothes for warmth, and flowers for pleasure, but the wife is ordained for man, like little Zoar, a City of refuge to fly to in all his ⟨p. 13⟩