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A17171	The golde[n] boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that entend to liue quietly and godlye in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forthe in English by Theodore Basille.; Christlich Eestand. English	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1543 (1543)	STC 4047; ESTC S110661	97,888	204

Paradise were all other ordinaunces made but euen in Paradise was wedlocke ordeyned And yf all ordinaunces haue theyr propre commēdacion honour of theyr fyrste begynner of the antiquite of the place where they were ma●…e or of y ● pro fytte that they bryng Then verely is wedlocke moost worthy of prayse honour as a thyng in stituted of God hym selfe euen in Paradyse at the begynnyng of the worlde for the wra●…th and commodite of man Therfore in mariage lyued the holyest the moost vertuous y e wysest moost noble mē vpō erth yee the holy ghost is not ashamed euen in the fyrst boke of the byble very playnely to ta●…ke wryte nothyng els for the moost parte then of mariages chylbren or byrthes and suche other poyntes of housholdyng in wedlocke Adā was a marryed man so was Enoche Nohe Abrahā Lothe Isaac Iacob Iosaphat Iob Moses Aaron And so were other Regentes Iudges Prestes and Kynges Iosue Gedeon Phinees Samuel Dauid Ezechias Iostas Os●…as Isaias and other Prophetes ●…o Dauid commendeth the state of mariage as a singulare blyssynge of God whiche he sendeth to them that loue him whō he loueth sayth Psal. cxxvii Blessed are they all that feare the Lorde that walke in his wayes for thou shalte lyue wyth the thyng that thou hast gottē thorowthe labour of thyn owne handes O how blyssed happy arte thou Thy wyfe is as a frutefull vine that standeth by thy house syde Thy chyldren round about thy table are euē lyke Olyue trees newly planted Lo thus shall he be blissed y ● feareth the Lorde c. and this is the cause that the wiues of the olde testamēt toke it for a great dishonour plage whan one of thē was at any tyme barren or vnfrutefull In the new Testamēt it was y ● good plesure of our Lorde Iesus to be borne in mariage For the virgyn Mary was marryed vnto Ioseph of the house of Dauid yet cōceaued she of the holye ghost brought forth her chylde beyng a virgyn her selfe remaynyng a virgin The fyrst miracle that oure Lorde Christ dydde The same wrought he at a weddynge namely suche a mi racle as is able to gyue cōsolacion in maryage that euen in thynges pertaynyng to this tempo rall lyfe God wyll not leaue them vnprouided for that mary in the feare of hym in the fayth of his euerlasting worde yee that he both can 〈◊〉 will turne the vnsauery water of all trouble in to theswete wyne of gracious comforte The holy apostles preachers of Iesus Christ had wifes as Paul the Apostle Phil. iiii reporteth of him selfe as Peter and the other Apostles 〈◊〉 Corin. ix and as Luke reporteth of holy Philippe Act. xxi And Eusebius Eccles. Histo Lib. iii. cap. ●…xx Paul calleth theyr doctrine that inhthite forbyd mariage the doctryne of the deuell and saieth i. Tim iiii Thesprete speaketh euidently that in the later tymes some shall departe from the faith and shall geue hede ●…o disceatfull spretes to deuelish doctrines thorow them that are lyers in ypocrisie and haue theyr conscyences marcked with an whot yerne forbidding to mary c. Therfore foloweth it that the doctryne which doth set forth and knowlege wedloke to be holy honorable profitable necessary and good is gods doctrine euen true and good holy and vndefyled The. x. Capter ¶ How shamefull vycious and abhominable the synne of whordome i●… ANd to the entent that the praise honour goodnesse cōmēdacion of holy wedlock may the more clearly appeare I will now set whordome ryght ouer agaynste it on the other fyde and declare how shamefull vycious abhominable it is before god all honestye That youth may loue the honoure of god and auoyde dishonesty y ● euery one may eschewe vycious whordome and betake hym to holy wedlocke Paul the chosen man of god writeth thus to the Corinthiās Flye from whor●…ome All the synnes that a man doth are without his bodye but who so committeth whordome synnethe agaynst his owne body And immediately afore the sayd wordes he expressethe the vnderstōding of this sētence sayeth Know ye not that your bodies are the membres of Christ Shall I than take Christes membres make them the membres of an harlot God forbyd Paul then whā he spake those wordes All the synnes that a mā dothe et c. had repsecte vnto wedlocke For lyke as wedlok maketh of two personnes or bodies one personne and one bodye Euen so lykewyse the spirituall mariage namely the receauynge of gods grace in that we are baptysed īto christ and become Christen maketh one body betwene Christ and vs beleuers so that we be called and are in dede Christes membres Nowe lyke as he y ● is maried yf he take another besyde his wife dothe synne agaynste his owne body Euen so lykewise doth that Christen mā synne agaynste his owne body yf he commytte whordome For he dishonoureth the grace of Christ defylethe the holy couenaunt made betwene Christ and him For it foloweth in Paule Knowe ye not that he which ioyneth himself to an harlot is be come oue body For they two sayth the lord shall be one flesh or one bodye But who so cleuethe vnto the lorde is one spyrite Neuertheles thorow whordome is the sprete banished and excluded For thy sprete herte and mynd that ought to ●…leue vnto y ● lord is ioyned to y e harlot withe whom thou art one and incorporated Therfore they that cōmytte whordome do synne agaynst the couenaunt and spirituall mariage where with we must be ioyned vnto Christ. Furthermore it foloweth in Paul Or know ye not that your bodyes shuld be the tēple of the holy goost which is in you whō ye haue of god y ● ye are not in your awne power For ye are dearly bought Wherof it foloweth constantly that they which commytte whordome do dishonoure and waist away theyr owne bodyes For they geue ouer theyr mēbres yee theyr hert and mynd vnto whordome And yet Christ for his honoure our clenlynesse dyd bye the san●…e and that not with mony but with his owne bloud It foloweth also that they which are geuen vnto whordome be vnder the great plage of god For Paul saith here that Christē mens bodies are the tēple of god the holy goost Thus saleth he i. Cori. iii. yf any mā defyle the tēple of god him shall god destroye Is it not an horryble defylynge of gods tēple to set that vycious harlo●… Wenus euē in the place where god shuld reigne with his sprete to be ioyned do seruice vnto her with body soule Let them come forth now that wyll alwaye excuse syngle fornicacion as though it were not synne or at the leest not so greate syn one syngle person to abuse another Paul the Apostle of Christ saieth that whordome deuydeth vs from God breaketh the couen●…unt which we