A36061:142
A Directory for the Public Worship of God
A directory for the public worship of God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland together with an ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common-prayer, ... die Jovis, 13. Martii, 1644 / ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and directory be forthwith printed and published.A directory for the publique worship of God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland together with an ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common-prayer, ... die Jovis, 13. Martii, 1644 / ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and directory bee forthwith printed and published.
London: printed for Evan Tyler, 1644
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.
Parents ought not to force their children to marry without their free consent, nor ⟨p. 60⟩deny their own consent without just cause.
Parents ought not to force their children to marry without their free consent, nor deny⟨p. 60⟩their own consent without just cause.
After the purpose or contract of marriage hath been thus published, the marriage is not to be long deferred. Therefore, the Minister, having had convenient warning, and nothing being objected to hinder it, is publicly to solemnize it in the place appointed by Authority for public Worship, before a competent number of credible witnesses, at some convenient hour of the day, at any time of the year, except on a day of Public humiliation. And we advise that it be not on the Lords Day.
After the purpose or contract of marriage hath beene thus published, the marriage is not to be long deferred. Therefore, the Minister, having had convenient warning, and nothing being objected to hinder it, is publiquely to solemnize it in the place appointed by Authority for publique Worship, before a competent number of credible witnesses, at some convenient houre of the day, at any time of the year, except on a day of Publique humiliation. And we advise that it be not on the Lords Day.
And because all Relations are sanctified by the Word and Prayer, the Minister is to pray for a blessing upon them, to this effect: