A14989:13
A bride-bush, or A wedding sermon compendiously describing the duties of married personsA bride-bush, or A vvedding sermon compendiously describing the duties of married persons
A bride-bush, or A wedding sermon compendiously describing the duties of married persons: by performing whereof, marriage shall be to them a great help, which now find it a little hell.A bride-bush, or A vvedding sermon compendiously describing the duties of married persons: by performing whereof, marriage shall be to them a great helpe, which now finde it a little hell.
London: printed by William Jaggard for Nicholas Bourne, 1617London: printed by William Iaggard for Nicholas Bourne, 1617
A BRIDE-BUSH: OR A Wedding Sermon.A BRIDE-BVSH: OR A Wedding Sermon.
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.
IF it were not grown out of custom to preach without a text, I should think that the fittest course for meetings of this nature. No one place of Scripture doth either directly contain, or plainly express the full duty of the married couple: which yet from many places may well be collected into the body of one discourse. But lest I should seem to affect novelty, in recalling the long disused practise of antiquity, I will make the ground of all my speech, those words of the Apostle Paul, Ephes. 5.23. where he saith,
IF it were not growne out of custome to preach without a text, I should thinke that the fittest course for meetings of this nature. No one place of Scripture doth either directly containe, or plainly expresse the full dutie of the married couple: which yet from many places may well bee collected into the body of one discourse. But lest I should seeme to affect nouelty, in recalling the long disused practise of antiquity, I will make the ground of all my speech, those words of the Apostle Paul, Ephes. 5.23. where hee saith,
The Husband is the Wives head.
The Husband is the Wiues head.
The comparison which the holy Ghost here useth, affords this general point, That there is a mutual bond of duty standing betwixt man and wife. They are indebted each to other in a reciprocal debt. The parcels and specials of which debt, I am at this time to declare unto you for the direction of all such as either are or shall be entered into this estate.
THe comparison which the holy Ghost heere vseth, affords this generall point, That there is a mutuall bond of duty standing betwixt man and wife. They are indebted each to other in a reciprocall debt. The parcels and specials of which debt, I am at this time to declare vnto you for the direction of all such as either are or shall be entred into this estate.