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The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…
The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.
London: printed by Richard Field for Thomas Man, 1593
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Well might Paul say, Marriage is honourable: 1for God hath honoured it himself. It is honourable for the author,2 honourable for the time, and honourable for the place. Whereas all other ordinances were appointed of God by the hands of men, or the hands of Angels, marriage was ordained by God himself,3 which cannot err.4 No man, nor Angel, brought the wife to the husband,5 but God him self: so marriage hath more honour of God in this, then all other ordinances of God beside, because he solemnized it himself.
Well might Paule say, Marriage is honourable: 1for God hath honoured it himselfe. It is honorable for the author,2 honorable for the time, and honorable for the place. Whereas all other ordinances were appointed of God by the hands of men, or the hands of Angels, mariage was ordained by God himself,3 which cannot erre.4 No man, nor Angell, brought the wife to the husband,5 but God him selfe: so marriage hath more honor of God in this, then all other ordinances of God beside, because he solemnized it himselfe.
- 1Heb. 13. 4.
- 2The excellency of marriage.