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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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.
§. 83. Of Polygamy and Bigamy.
Can Polygamy (the having of many wives) or Bigamy (the having of two wives at once) have any good warrant against such an express law? Are not both of them against the first institution of marriage, so as we may say, gfrom the beginning it was not so? Yea also and against hother particular laws? iLamech one of Cains cursed stock was the first that we read of to have presumed against that ancient law.
Can Polygamy (the hauing of many wiues) or Bigamy (the hauing of two wiues at once) haue any good warrant against such an expresse law? Are not both of them against the first institution of mariage, so as we may say, gfrom the beginning it was not so? Yea also and against hother particular lawes? iLamech one of Cains cursed stocke was the first that we read of to haue presumed against that ancient law.