Leabhar na nornaightheadh ccomhchoitchionn, agas ...

apatcimonp;
Ptrfonstú be marii dlhdlccmí into
joyn together this man and this
woman in holy Matrimony,
which Í3 an honourable eftate in-
ftituted of God in the time of
mans innocency, fignifying un-
to us the myftical union that is
betwixt Chrift and his Church i
which holy eftite Chrili adorned
and beautified with his prefencc ;
and firft miracle that he wrought
in Cana of Galilee, and is com
mended of Saint Paul to be honourable
araong all men ^ and
therefore is not by any to be
entcrprized, nor taken in hand
unadvlledly, lightly, or wan-
tonly, to fatisfiemens carnal lufts
and appetites, like brure beafts
that have no underftanding; but
reverently, difcreetly, ^dvifedly,
foberly, and in the fear ot God,
duly confidering the cauics for
which Matrimony was ordain-
ed.
Firft, it was ordained for the
procreation of children, to be
brought up in the fear and nur-
ture of the Lord, and to the pr-iile
of his holy Name.
Sccondi) , it was ordained for
ft rjsaeay igainft lin, and to a*
9ia pesrfonnx hhiis chum a ípofdá s
ftejcb go corp a teetnpuiU maillt
re na gairiibb ,7 k na ccomhar^
tke body of the Cbareb with their
, Friends tniN(igbl>"urr : And there
ftinding together, the men on the
right bind, and 'he roomin on the
trf,,-tbePri.ftJhjUfjyy
Early beloved; we are ga D thered together here in
the fight of God, and in the
(inmibh , jigus ar feafamb dbsihb
am fin a bfhocair á cbei h, an fgar
ay in hiimb dbeis, 7 a hUan ar m
iiim ctl'-, dtari an Ságtrt.
A Cbái/^de fo ^omriy)e cái»3(6i6
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