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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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In former Times our People, in Conformity to the Usages in the Ancient Church of Israel, and what have been continued in some Churches of the Reformation, maintained a Solemnity, called a Contraction, a little before the Consummation of a Marriage was allowed of. A Pastor was usually employed, and a Sermon also preached on this Occasion. But these Ancient Sponsalia, are now wholly laid aside.
In former Times our People, in Conformity to the Usages in the Ancient Church of Israel, and what have been continued in some Churches of the Reformation, maintained a Solemnity, called a Contraction, a little before the Consummation of a Marriage was allowed of. A Pastor was usually imployed, and a Sermon also preached on this Occasion. But these Ancient Sponsalia, are now wholly laid aside.
The Weddings of New-England are for the most part celebrated with less of public Appearance than they are in some other Countries; by which 'tis thought that many Inconveniences are avoided.
The Weddings of New-England are for the most part celebrated with less of public Appearance than they are in some other Countrys; by which 'tis thought that many Inconveniencies are avoided.
It has been a Case handled by Divines, An Nuptiarum Celebratio conveniat Diebus Dominicis? The Celebration of Weddings on the Lord's Days was represented unto the Renowned Synod of Dort, among the Grievances, which the lesser Synods of Holland complained of. And such Divines ⟨p. 113⟩as the famous Walaeus, and Zepperus, and Voetius, and an Army more, have made just and strong Remonstrances against them. The Churches of New England wholly decline them. [However the Appearing of the Bridegroom and Bride, in the Condition of Persons uewly Married, in the public Assembly on the next Lord's Day after their Marriage, is a Thing usually looked for.] And a Wedding on a Day directed by the Government for a FAST would be (from the Second Chapter of Jol and the Sixteenth Verse) as much disallowed of.