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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

healpe ¶ The fyfth Chapter To a ryght mariage must chyldrē also haue the consent of theyr parentes MOreouer lyke as God faythe shoulde not be denyed or forsakē wythe y e mariage euē so they whiche are nexte to god as father mother ought not to be neglected despysed For though God sayd A mā shall forsake father mother kepe him to his wyfe yet those his wordes in y e same place are cōcerninge mariage y t is made alredy what duty they y e are maried owe y e one to y e other are not touching the contractyng of wedlocke that chyldren may mary without the respecte knowledge or cōsent of theyr parētes vnder whose authorite iurisdiccion they be And I wonder what the papisti call bokes learned men dyd meane whan they taught that the consent only of both the parties doth fastē the matter coupleth thē togither in mariage The cōsent of y e parētes also say they is good with all but whan they two haue cōsen ted and one hath taken the other y e knot can not be vnknyt neyther maye the parentes seperate thē from a sunder Wher as lawes both natural diuine specially and ciuile require the parētes consent to the chyldrens mariage In so much y t they iudge the promyse to be of no value which is made without the knowledge of the parentes yea that also in those chyldrē which as yet are not come to theyr yeares are yet vnder the tui cion of theyr elders Forin as much as the chyldrē are not yet come to perfecte discreciō they cā not cōtracte mariage which requireth vnderstā dyng yea they can nether coūsayle nor helpe thē selues So y ● in this behalfe y ● cōsent of theyr parentes is not only necessary but also good pro fitable for thē As for preuy cōtractes which are not made according to the lawes they haue euer bene reiected neyther were they acceptable to any man saue vnto suche as were ignoraunt and wycked For why for the moost parte they are made of some fond affecciō yea knauery falshod disceate is commōly the doer to persuade by wordes to take yong folkes in the snare Many priuy cōtractes are brought to passe w t flattery wyth dronckennes wyth rewardes promises wherby young ignoraunt people are vtterly begyled destroyed To gyue liberte licēce vnto suche is euen as muche as to gyue a mad mā a swerd a knyfe to a yong chyld yea a very slaū dering is it a dishonouryng of mariage Diso bediēce of chyldrē also toward theyr parentes tutours hath euer bene reprehended among all naciōs God cōmasideth and sayth Thou shalte honour thy father thy mother Nowe doth the obediēce or disobediēce of y e chyldrē at no time de clare it selfe more than in contractynge of wedlocke Greater honour canst thou not shew vnto thy parentes than whan thou followest thē herein neyther greater dishonoure than whan thou herein resistest them Esau displeased hys parētes very sore in takyng his wyfe w tout their cōsent Iacob followed theyr mynd was cōmēded This commaundement also of honouryng our parētes dyd our Lord Christright faythful ly cōmit vnto vs. Math. xv In the. vii of Deu. doth God gyue this charge vnto his people say enge You shal not marry your sonnes dough ters to the vnbeleuers By the whyche wordes we maye well vnderstande that the authorite of marryeng yonge folkes lyeth in the parentes not in them selues Wherfore Abraham before the lawe charged his seruaunt Elieser that concernynge the contractynge of mariage betwene Isaac Rebecca he shulde do his message wythe Bathuell and not specially wythe Rebecca her selfe The seruaunt also dyd hys eacande to the parentes and not to the daughter althoughe he founde her alone wythoute by the well syde and had tyme place and occasion sufficient so to do This lawe dyd Sampson obserue Iudicū xiiii For though he had found spyed a damsell that pleased hym yet he toke her not but fyrst shewed hys parentes brought them wyth hym vnto her toke her wyth the knoweledge and consent of hys father and mother In the seconde boke of Moses the. xxii Chap ter doth God commaund thus If a man begyle a mayd that is not detrouthed and lye with her he shall endote her and take her to hys wyfe If her father refuse to gyue her vnto hym he shall paye mony accordynge to the dowry of virgins Here dothe GOD gyue the father authorite to take hys doughter from the man to whome she is promysed els by the lawe Therfore maye the parentes drawe the chyldren agayne to theyr iu risdiccion For this is a singuler great thynge that the father hathe authorite to take his forced doughter from the man and to wythdrawe her from hym to whome she was promysed by the lawe In the fourth boke of Moses the thyrty Chapter it is wrytten thus If a damsel vow a vowe vnto the Lorde bynde her selfe beynge in her fathers house and vnmaryed yf her father heare her vowe and bond whiche she hathe made vpon her soule and hold his peace therto then all her vow and bond which she hath made vpon her soule shall stand in effecte But and yf her father forbyd her the same day that he hea reth it thā none of her vowes nor bōdes whiche she hath made vpon her soule shalbe of ●…alue c. Although nowe in these sayde wordes of God there is no marryage but vowes expressed and named yet is it an euident testimonye that no chyld which is not y●…t come to hys yeares and is yet vnder the tuicion of his parentes hathe aucthorite to vowe bynde or alter it selfe wythout theyr consent yea yf any suche vowe or alte racion do chaunce that then the parentes haue a●…thorite by the lawe of GOD to lette and hynder the same For in as muche as God permytteth to vnbynde it and wyll not that it shal be of any effecte whiche wythout consent of the parentes is promised to hym selfe no doubte he wyll not that it shall stande immutable whiche in disobedience is wylfully done without the pa tentes consent The holy Apostle Paule in the fyrste Chap of y e fyrst Epist. to Timo. amonge many other greuous synnes rekenethe also the stealynge away of men whiche is a shamefull vyce whan mens children seruauntes or suche other folkes as belong vnto them are caried awaye or entysed frō them Whan a wicked sotel shamelesse woman entyceth an ygnoraunte yonge mā frō his father which with great expenses trauayle laboure hath brought him vp whan she blyndeth him with loue and at the laste gettethe him awaye vnder the title of mariage Or whan a wanton and fayre tongued fellowe entycethe a damesell from hyr mother and than vnder the tytle of mariage conueyeth her awaye what is it els but menne stealyng Thus I trust it is manifest