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Of Matrimonie.<br />

ƒende thy Aungell Raphaell to Thobie, and Sara, the<br />

daughter <strong>of</strong> Raguel, to their great comfo°t: ƒo vouchƒafe to<br />

ƒend thy ble±yng vpon theƒe thy ƒeruauntes, that thei obeyng<br />

thy wil, and alwaye beyng in ƒafetie vnder thy p°oteccion:<br />

may abyde in thy loue vnto they° lyues ende: th°oughe Jeƒu<br />

Ch°i¥e our Lo°de. Amen.<br />

This p°ayer folowing ƒhalbe omitted where the woman is pa¥<br />

childe by°th.<br />

Merciful Lo°d, & heauenly father, by whoƒe<br />

gracious gifte mankind is increaƒed: We beƒeche<br />

thee a±i¥e with thy ble±ing theƒe two perƒones,<br />

that they may both be fruictful in p°ocreacion <strong>of</strong> child°en:<br />

and alƒo liue together ƒo long in godlye loue & hone¥ie: that<br />

they may ƒee their childers child°en, vnto the thirde and<br />

fourth generacion, vnto thy p°ayƒe and honour: th°ough<br />

Jeƒus Ch°i¥e our Lo°de. Amen.<br />

God whiche by thy myghtye power ha¥e made<br />

all thinges <strong>of</strong> naughte, whiche alƒo after other<br />

thinges ƒet in o°der didde¥e appoint that out <strong>of</strong><br />

man (created after thine own image & ƒimilitude) woman<br />

ƒhould take her beginning: & knitting them together, didde¥<br />

teache, that it ƒhould neuer be lawful to put a ƒond°e thoƒe,<br />

whome thou by matrimonie hadde¥e made one: O god,<br />

whiche ha¥ conƒecrated the ¥ate <strong>of</strong> matrimonie, to ƒuch an<br />

excellent mi¥erie, that in it is ƒignified & rep°eƒented the<br />

ƒpirituall mariage and vnitie betwixte Ch°i¥e & his churche:<br />

Loke mercifully vpon theƒe thy ƒeruaunts, that both this<br />

manne may loue his wyfe, acco°dyng to thy woo°d, (as<br />

Ch°i¥ did loue his ƒpouƒe the churche, who gaue himƒelf fo°<br />

it, louing and cheriƒhing it euen as his own fleƒh:) And alƒo<br />

that this woman may be louing & amiable to her houƒeband<br />

as Rachel, wiƒe as Rebecca, faithful & obedient as Sara;<br />

And in al quietnes, ƒob°ietie, and peace, bee a folower <strong>of</strong> holy

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