The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

All sorts of men may¹ indeed lawfully contract Matrimony, neither is there any state or condition of persons exempted from it: for as the disease is general, ⟨p. 199⟩so the remedy belongeth to them all: Therefore we are told, Marriage ^mis honourable among all, and the Bed undefiled. For ⁿavoiding of Fornication, let every man have his Wife, and every woman her Husband: yet I add in the third place Lawful conjunction, to show that it must be between such persons, as by no degree of Consanguinity or Affinity are prohibited to contract it, which to do is Incest.

All sorts of men may¹ indeed lawfully contract Matrimonie, neither is there any state or condition of persons exempted from it: for as the disease is generall, ⟨p. 199⟩so the remedie belongeth to them all: Therefore we are told, Marriage ^mis honourable among all, and the Bed vndefiled. For ⁿauoyding of Fornication, let euery man haue his Wife, and euery woman her Husband: yet I adde in the third place Lawfull coniunction, to shew that it must be betweene such persons, as by no degree of Consanguinitie or Affinitie are prohibited to contract it, which to doe is Incest.

1. 1The Papists that restrain their Priests from Marriage, which notwithstanding (ridiculously) they make a Sacrament.The Papists that restrayne their Priests from Marriage, which notwithstanding (ridiculously) they make a Sacrament.
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