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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.
Twice the Wife is called, the Wife of thy youth, as though when 1men are old, the time of Marrying 2were past. Therefore God makes such unequal matches so ridiculous every where, that they please none but the parties themselves, until the time of their dotage be expired.
Twise the Wife is called, the Wife of thy youth, as though when 1men are old, the time of Marrying 2were past. Therefore God makes such vnequall matches so ridiculous euery where, that they please none but the parties themselues, vntill the time of their dotage be expired.
- 1Prou. 5. 18.
- 2Mala. 2. 18.
The second cause is to avoid 1fornication: this Paul signifieth, when he saith, For the avoiding of 2fornication, let every man have his own wife. He saith not for avoiding of adultery, but for avoiding of fornication, showing, that fornication is unlawful too, which the Papists make lawful, in maintaining 3their Stews, as a stage for ⟨p. 16⟩fornicators to play upon, and a Sanctuary to defend them, like Absaloms Tent, which was spread upon the top of the house, that all