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The gold[n] book of christen matrimony most necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that…The golde[n] boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that…
The gold[n] book of christen matrimony most necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that intend to live quietly and godly in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forth in English by Theodore Basil.The golde[n] boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that entend to liue quietly and godlye in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forthe in English by Theodore Basille.
London: printed for Joha, 1543London: printed for Ioha, 1543
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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.
Hereof doubtless did the holy & godly learned ⟨image 39⟩bishop take the same which he spake in the great counsel at Nicaea, where as he said, that 1it is dennesse also, a man to lye with his own married wife. For Paul in the same chapter speaking of widows & widowers sayeth that it is good if they so remain, but immediately addeth he thereto, saying: Nevertheless, if they can not abstain, let them marry. For better it is to marry than to burn. And within a little after he saith moreover: But and if thou take a wife thou sinnest not. Behold, what could be more clearly spoken: To marry (saith the Apostle) is no sin, then must it follow also that the works of marriage are not sin, not of them selves but because of the marriage self & gods ordinance.
Hereof doubtlesse dyd the holy & godly lerned ⟨image 39⟩bysshoppe take the same whyche he spake in the great coūsaile at Nicea, where as he sayde, that 1it is dennesse also, a man to lye wyth his owne maried wife. For Paule in the same chapter speakyng of wydowes & wydowers saiethe that it is good yf they so remayne, but immediatelye addeth he therto, sayenge: Neuerthelesse, yf they can not absteine, let them mary. For better it is to marye thē to burne. And within a litle after he sayth moreouer: But and yf thou take a wife thou synnest not. Beholde, what could be more clerely spokē: To mary (sayth the Apostle) is no synne, then must it folow also that the worckes of mariage are not synne, not of thē selues but because of the mariage selfe & gods ordinaunce.
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