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Now it must needs be, that Marriage, which was ordained of such an excellent author, and in such a happy place, and of such an ancient time, and after such a notable order, must likewise have special causes for the ordinance of it. Therefore the holy Ghost doth show us three causes of this union.

Now it must needes bee, that Mariage, which was ordeined of such an excellent author, and in such a happie place, and of such an auncient time, and after such a notable order, must likewise haue speciall causes for the ordinance of it. Therefore the holy Ghost doth shew vs three causes of this vnion.

One is,¹ the propagation of children, signified in that when Moses saith; He created them male and female: not both male, nor both female,² but one male, and the other female, as if he created them fit to propagate other. And therefore when he had created them so, to show that propagation of children is one end of marriage, he said unto them;³ Increase and multiply. That is, Bring forth children, as other creatures bring forth their kind.

One is,¹ the propagation of children, signified in that when Moses saith; He created them male and female: not both male, nor both female,² but one male, and the other female, as if he created them fit to propagate other. And therefore when he had created them so, to shewe that propagation of children is one ende of mariage, he sayd vnto them;³