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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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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 Jo•l and the Sixteenth Verse) as much disallowed of.
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 Dert, 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 publick 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 Jo•l and the Sixteenth Verse) as much disallowed of.
When the Wedding Arrives, the Bridegroom with the Bride, having some Attendants, present themselves before the Pastor, and give him the Certificate of their Lawful Publication, with which the •own-Clerk must furnish them.