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temple_n be_v to_o go_v to_o her_o heir_n of_o her_o body_n beget_v and_o not_o to_o he_o and_o let_v she_o have_v as_o many_o heir_n as_o she_o will_v beget_v by_o the_o adulterer_n the_o husband_n land_n shall_v go_v to_o her_o heir_n but_o let_v the_o husband_n who_o be_v perhaps_o turn_v off_o by_o the_o wife_n get_v as_o many_o as_o he_o will_v by_o another_o woman_n none_o of_o those_o shall_v be_v his_o heir_n for_o which_o reason_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o true_a and_o natural_a child_n and_o that_o the_o father_n may_v have_v power_n by_o act_n execute_v in_o his_o life-time_n to_o provide_v for_o his_o own_o especial_o where_o he_o find_v his_o wife_n adulterous_a as_o britton_n fol._n 122._o say_v that_o the_o form_n of_o deed_n of_o feoffment_n
they_o cleér_o frustrate_a and_o dissolve_v further_n also_o by_o reason_n of_o other_o prohibition_n than_o god_n law_n admit_v for_o their_o lucre_n by_o that_o court_n invent_v the_o dispensation_n whereof_o they_o always_o reserve_v to_o themselves_o as_o in_o kindred_n or_o affinity_n betweén_n cousin-german_n and_o so_o to_o the_o four_o degreé_n carnal_a knowledge_n of_o any_o of_o the_o same_o kin_n or_o affinity_n before_o in_o such_o outward_a degreé_v which_o else_o be_v lawful_a and_o be_v not_o prohibit_v by_o god's-law_n and_o because_o they_o will_v get_v money_n by_o it_o keep_v a_o reputation_n of_o their_o usurp_a jurisdiction_n whereby_o not_o only_o much_o discord_n between_o lawful_a marry_a person_n have_v contrary_a to_o god_n ordinance_n arisen_a much_o debate_n and_o suit_n at_o law_n with_o wrongful_a vexation_n and_o great_a damage_n of_o the_o innocent_a party_n have_v be_v procure_v and_o many_o just_a marriage_n bring_v in_o doubt_n and_o danger_n of_o 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month_n of_o july_n aforesaid_a be_v admit_v to_o any_o of_o the_o spiritual_a court_n within_o this_o the_o king_n realm_n or_o any_o his_o grace_n other_o land_n and_o dominion_n to_o any_o process_n or_o plea_n or_o allegation_n contrary_a to_o this_o aforesaid_a act._n 1._o here_o it_o appear_v what_o a_o necessary_a stroke_n this_o act_n give_v against_o the_o usurp_a power_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o jurisdiction_n in_o this_o and_o other_o point_n of_o marriage_n forbid_v any_o spiritual_a court_n within_o this_o realm_n or_o any_o his_o other_o land_n and_o dominion_n to_o admit_v any_o process_n plea_n or_o allegation_n contrary_a to_o this_o act._n and_o although_o hereby_o one_o of_o the_o head_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n be_v as_o be_v say_v of_o the_o beast_n rev._n 13.3_o as_o it_o be_v wound_v to_o death_n yet_o so_o great_a be_v the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o serpent_n that_o the_o ecclesiastic_o soon_o after_o by_o abuse_v the_o minority_n of_o that_o most_o pious_a though_o young_a king_n edward_z the_o sixth_z get_v all_o what_o the_o wisdom_n and_o courage_n of_o his_o father_n have_v enact_v against_o they_o repeal_v by_o the_o son_n 2_o &_o 3_o ed._n 6._o cap._n 23._o precontract_n edward_n the_o six_o abuse_v by_o papist_n in_o his_o minority_n to_o repeal_v his_o father_n act_n of_o precontract_n and_o think_v themselves_o therein_o not_o sufficient_o secure_a they_o again_o procure_v the_o same_o to_o be_v repeal_v by_o 1_o eliz._n 1._o in_o which_o repeal_v i_o can_v see_v nothing_o but_o a_o papist_n plot_n against_o they_o both_o to_o revive_v those_o ecclesiastical_a law_n by_o their_o own_o authority_n against_o themselves_o which_o may_v have_v yield_v most_o dangerous_a pretence_n against_o their_o own_o legitimation_n and_o marriage_n and_o issue_n if_o they_o have_v happen_v to_o have_v have_v any_o for_o certain_o no_o marriage_n or_o issue_n can_v be_v secure_a or_o certain_a if_o any_o fraudulent_a person_n may_v secret_o precontract_n or_o pre-copulate_a with_o any_o vile_a person_n and_o take_v bond_n of_o he_o or_o she_o to_o release_v the_o same_o upon_o request_n and_o then_o marry_v another_o person_n ignorant_a and_o innocent_a and_o have_v child_n procreate_v between_o they_o and_o then_o cause_v the_o party_n who_o have_v the_o precontract_n or_o precopulation_n to_o sue_v and_o obtain_v a_o divorce_n against_o the_o innocent_a person_n to_o be_v divorce_v and_o child_n bastardize_a and_o disinherit_v and_o then_o to_o give_v a_o release_n to_o the_o party_n conspire_v in_o the_o fraud_n how_o be_v it_o possible_a to_o avoid_v this_o wickedness_n if_o precontract_n or_o precopulation_n shall_v be_v allow_v a_o sufficient_a cause_n to_o dissolve_v marriage_n consummate_v by_o the_o birth_n of_o a_o child_n and_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a propriety_n to_o be_v if_o a_o distinction_n be_v not_o keep_v between_o it_o and_o contract_n and_o between_o obligation_n and_o possession_n according_a to_o the_o old_a rule_n of_o law_n rem_fw-la domino_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la domino_fw-la vendente_fw-la duobus_fw-la in_fw-la jure_fw-la est_fw-la potior_fw-la traditione_n prior_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o fundamental_a of_o all_o nation_n who_o have_v propriety_n obligatio_fw-la non_fw-la impedit_fw-la translationem_fw-la dominii_fw-la sed_fw-la translatio_fw-la dominii_fw-la praecedens_fw-la impedit_fw-la obligationem_fw-la l._n si_fw-la quidem_fw-la 1._o c._n de_fw-fr donat_fw-la inter_fw-la virum_fw-la notwithstanding_o all_o which_o reason_n precede_v and_o likewise_o those_o in_o the_o mention_a act_n of_o h._n 8._o the_o ecclesiastic_o though_o strain_v their_o wit_n and_o eloquence_n to_o the_o high_a in_o the_o act_n of_o repeal_n by_o ed._n 6._o yet_o can_v allege_v the_o least_o reason_n except_o only_o this_o that_o if_o precontract_n shall_v not_o dissolve_v marriage_n the_o party_n may_v part_v from_o one_o another_o at_o the_o church_n door_n and_o then_o the_o wedding_n dinner_n will_v be_v spoil_v which_o sure_o may_v be_v sufficient_o and_o over_o satisfy_v by_o recompense_n in_o value_n be_v it_o a_o half-crown_n ordinary_a but_o a_o lose_a virginity_n to_o a_o innocent_a woman_n who_o be_v marry_v bona_fw-la fide_fw-la and_o know_v nothing_o of_o this_o precontract_n and_o her_o child_n can_v never_o be_v repair_v if_o the_o marriage_n be_v dissolve_v nulla_fw-la reparabilis_fw-la arte_fw-la laesa_fw-la pudicitia_fw-la est_fw-la deperit_fw-la illa_fw-la semel_fw-la propert._n the_o act_n of_o repeal_n of_o the_o say_v most_o excellent_a law_n of_o henry_n the_o eight_o against_o precontract_n follow_v 2_o &_o 3_o ed._n 6._o cap._n 23._o 23._o 2_o &_o 3_o ed._n 6._o cap._n 23._o whereas_o in_o the_o 32_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o late_a king_n of_o famous_a memory_n king_n henry_n the_o eight_o because_o that_o many_o inconvenience_n have_v chance_v in_o this_o realm_n by_o break_v and_o dissolve_v of_o good_a and_o lawful_a marriage_n yea_o whereupon_o also_o sometime_o issue_n and_o child_n have_v follow_v under_o
the_o colour_n and_o pretence_n of_o a_o former_a contract_n make_v with_o another_o the_o which_o contract_n divers_a time_n be_v but_o very_o slender_o prove_v and_o often_o but_o surmise_v by_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o party_n who_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v from_o the_o marriage_n which_o they_o like_v not_o and_o to_o be_v couple_v with_o another_o there_o be_v a_o act_n make_v that_o all_o and_o every_o such_o marriage_n as_o within_o the_o church_n of_o england_n shall_v be_v contract_v and_o solemnize_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n and_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n or_o fruit_n of_o child_n or_o child_n be_v have_v between_o the_o party_n so_o marry_v shall_v be_v by_o authority_n of_o the_o say_a parliament_n deem_v judge_v and_o take_v to_o be_v lawful_a good_a just_a and_o indissolvable_a notwithstanding_o any_o precontract_n or_o precontract_n of_o matrimony_n not_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n which_o either_o of_o the_o person_n so_o marry_v or_o both_o have_v make_v with_o any_o other_o person_n or_o person_n before_o the_o time_n of_o contract_n of_o that_o marriage_n which_o be_v solemnize_v or_o consummate_v or_o whereof_o such_o fruit_n be_v ensue_v or_o may_v ensue_v as_o by_o the_o same_o act_n more_o plain_o may_v appear_v since_o the_o time_n of_o which_o act._n although_o the_o same_o be_v godly_a mean_v the_o unruliness_n of_o man_n have_v ungod_o abuse_v the_o same_o and_o divers_a inconvenience_n intolerable_a in_o manner_n to_o christian_a ear_n and_o eye_n follow_v thereupon_o woman_n and_o man_n break_v their_o own_o promise_n and_o faith_n make_v by_o the_o one_o unto_o the_o other_o so_o set_v upon_o sensuality_n and_o pleasure_n that_o if_o after_o the_o contract_n of_o matrimony_n they_o may_v have_v who_o they_o more_o favour_v and_o desire_v they_o can_v be_v content_v by_o lightness_n of_o their_o nature_n to_o over-turn_a all_o that_o they_o have_v do_v afore_o and_o not_o afraid_a in_o manner_n even_o from_o the_o very_a church-door_n and_o marriage_n feast_n the_o man_n to_o take_v another_o spouse_n and_o the_o spouse_n to_o take_v another_o husband_n more_o for_o bodily_a lust_n and_o carnal_a knowledge_n then_o for_o surety_n of_o faith_n &_o truth_n or_o have_v god_n in_o their_o good_a remembrance_n contemn_v many_o time_n also_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n forbid_v the_o party_n have_v make_v the_o contract_n to_o attempt_v or_o do_v any_o thing_n in_o prejudice_n of_o the_o same_o be_v it_o therefore_o enact_v by_o the_o king_n highness_n the_o lord_n spiritual_a temporal_a and_o the_o commons_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v that_o as_o concern_v precontract_n the_o say_v former_a statute_n shall_v from_o the_o first_o day_n of_o may_n next_o come_v cease_v be_v repeal_v and_o of_o no_o force_n or_o effect_n and_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o estate_n and_o order_n of_o the_o king_n be_v ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n which_o immediate_o before_o the_o make_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n in_o this_o case_n be_v use_v in_o this_o realm_n so_o that_o from_o the_o say_v first_o day_n of_o may_n when_o any_o cause_n or_o contract_n of_o marriage_n be_v pretend_v to_o have_v be_v make_v it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a to_o the_o king_n be_v ecclesiastical_a judge_n of_o that_o place_n to_o hear_v and_o examine_v the_o say_a cause_n and_o have_v the_o say_a contract_n sufficient_o and_o lawful_o prove_v before_o he_o to_o give_v sentence_n for_o matrimony_n command_v solemnisation_n co-habitation_n consummation_n and_o tractation_n as_o it_o become_v man_n and_o wife_n to_o have_v with_o inflict_v all_o such_o pain_n upon_o the_o disobedient_n and_o disturber_n thereof_o as_o in_o time_n pass_v before_o the_o say_a statute_n the_o king_n be_v ecclesiastical_a judge_n by_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n ought_v and_o may_v have_v do_v if_o the_o say_a statute_n have_v never_o be_v make_v any_o clause_n article_n or_o sentence_n in_o the_o say_a statute_n to_o the_o contrary_a in_o any_o wise_n notwithstanding_o of_o the_o law_n make_v private_a marriage_n or_o carnal_a knowledge_n between_o person_n not_o prohibit_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o marry_v fornication_n private_a marriage_n or_o carnal_a knowledge_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n the_o one_o without_o public_a witness_n the_o other_o without_o any_o witness_n at_o all_o and_o both_o by_o the_o popish_a law_n because_o if_o permit_v they_o will_v spoil_v their_o gain_n be_v prohibit_v and_o call_v clandestine_v marriage_n the_o public_a witness_n be_v the_o priest_n or_o magistrate_n private_a witness_n be_v any_o other_o clandestine_v marriage_n without_o witness_n nor_o clandestine_v not_o appoint_v by_o law_n the_o law_n of_o england_n make_v all_o private_a marriage_n and_o carnal_a knowledge_n without_o public_a witness_n fornication_n the_o law_n of_o scotland_n in_o some_o case_n relieve_v though_o there_o be_v a_o defect_n and_o no_o public_a witness_n of_o the_o marriage_n by_o the_o priest_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o before_o cite_v author_n craig_n feud_n 269._o if_o there_o appear_v private_a witness_n of_o man_n or_o instrument_n but_o in_o all_o case_n likewise_o where_o there_o be_v neither_o public_a or_o private_a witness_n they_o leave_v it_o to_o be_v fornication_n that_o which_o i_o here_o affirm_v against_o both_o be_v fornication_n marriage_n without_o witness_n not_o fornication_n 1._o that_o carnal_a knowledge_n between_o party_n not_o prohibit_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o marry_v be_v not_o fornication_n nor_o any_o other_o crime_n though_o in_o the_o high_a secrecy_n and_o without_o any_o testimony_n of_o man_n or_o instrument_n whatsoever_o 2._o that_o privacy_n of_o marriage_n be_v not_o prohibit_v nor_o publication_n command_v by_o god_n all_o party_n ought_v to_o have_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n to_o use_v the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o according_a as_o suit_n best_o with_o their_o occasion_n as_o to_o the_o first_o there_o be_v these_o reason_n that_o private_a marriage_n without_o witness_n be_v not_o fornication_n nor_o any_o other_o crime_n 1._o there_o be_v no_o law_n of_o god_n prohibit_v private_a marriage_n without_o witness_n where_o there_o be_v therefore_o no_o law_n there_o be_v no_o transgression_n rom._n 4.15_o 2._o it_o be_v before_o show_v that_o for_o any_o human_a law_n to_o prohibit_v marriage_n or_o meat_n where_o not_o prohibit_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n the_o same_o come_v from_o the_o devil_n 1_o tim._n cap._n 4._o v._n 1_o 2_o 3._o and_o that_o therefore_o the_o law_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o council_n of_o trent_n which_o null_v all_o marriage_n except_o make_v before_o a_o priest_n in_o a_o temple_n and_o two_o witness_n come_v from_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o priest_n of_o priapus_n and_o venus_n for_o filthy_a lucre_n to_o the_o priest_n 3._o isa_n 45.7_o it_o be_v say_v i_o create_v evil_a and_o isa_n 5.20_o it_o be_v say_v woe_n unto_o they_o that_o call_v good_a evil_n and_o evil_a good_a that_o put_v darkness_n for_o light_n and_o light_n for_o darkness_n here_o be_v therefore_o a_o curse_n pronounce_v against_o those_o who_o if_o god_n create_v not_o marriage_n without_o witness_n evil_a of_o their_o own_o head_n call_v it_o evil_n and_o where_o god_n create_v it_o to_o be_v in_o darkness_n and_o natural_a modesty_n of_o their_o own_o head_n will_v have_v it_o by_o torchlight_n and_o the_o whole_a parish_n of_o witness_n 4._o all_o fornication_n be_v polyandry_n and_o confusio_fw-la seminum_fw-la whereby_o the_o child_n can_v know_v the_o father_n nor_o the_o father_n the_o child_n but_o here_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n it_o be_v impossible_a therefore_o to_o be_v fornication_n witness_n liberty_n conscience_n to_o marry_v with_o or_o without_o witness_n as_o to_o the_o second_o point_n which_o i_o be_o to_o maintain_v that_o privacy_n of_o marriage_n without_o witness_n be_v not_o prohibit_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n nor_o publication_n command_v by_o the_o same_o no_o human_a power_n ought_v to_o presume_v to_o prohibit_v what_o marriage_n god_n have_v not_o prohibit_v but_o all_o person_n ought_v to_o be_v leave_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n to_o marry_v public_o or_o private_o with_o or_o without_o witness_n as_o it_o suit_v best_a with_o their_o convenience_n and_o occasion_n as_o be_v the_o use_n and_o practice_n in_o all_o other_o civil_a contract_n which_o man_n do_v with_o or_o without_o witness_n as_o they_o think_v best_a and_o be_v never_o accuse_v of_o sin_n if_o they_o have_v no_o witness_n whereon_o to_o bring_v their_o action_n only_o that_o party_n be_v just_o charge_v with_o sin_n who_o wilful_o break_v his_o contract_n because_o there_o be_v no_o witness_n but_o god_n to_o prove_v it_o against_o he_o against_o these_o position_n i_o shall_v first_o answer_v the_o objection_n and_o then_o show_v further_a reason_n to_o confirm_v the_o 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it_o do_v dot_v null_a a_o protestant_n which_o be_v not_o make_v according_a to_o that_o form_n that_o it_o do_v not_o null_a a_o papist_n marriage_n appear_v by_o the_o act_n 3_o jac._n 5._o where_o a_o papist_n be_v prohibit_v to_o be_v marry_v otherwise_o then_o in_o some_o open_a church_n or_o chappel_n by_o a_o minister_n lawful_o authorize_v upon_o pain_n that_o the_o man_n shall_v lose_v to_o be_v tenant_n by_o the_o courtesy_n and_o the_o woman_n her_o dower_n widow_n estate_n and_o frank_n bank_n or_o if_o the_o woman_n have_v no_o land_n whereof_o the_o man_n may_v be_v tenant_n by_o the_o courtesy_n than_o the_o man_n be_v to_o lose_v a_o hundred_o pound_n so_o in_o case_n of_o a_o papist_n nothing_o ought_v to_o be_v exact_v for_o nonconformity_n in_o marriage_n but_o the_o express_a penalty_n nor_o can_v the_o marriage_n of_o a_o papist_n though_o not_o according_a to_o the_o act_n be_v make_v null_n or_o the_o child_n thereby_o illegitimate_a why_o then_o shall_v a_o protestant_n 2._o because_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n which_o make_v the_o canon_n that_o all_o marriage_n shall_v be_v null_a and_o void_a except_o contract_v before_o two_o witness_n and_o a_o priest_n in_o a_o temple_n be_v a_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n and_o the_o canon_n be_v make_v after_o the_o abolish_n all_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n the_o same_o ought_v not_o therefore_o be_v admit_v to_o null_a any_o marriage_n in_o england_n or_o illegitimate_a any_o child_n 3._o this_o be_v confess_v by_o a_o learned_a civilian_n and_o canonist_n of_o our_o own_o belong_v to_o the_o ecclesiastaical_a court_n swimburn_n swimburn_n swimburn_n of_o will_n and_o test_n 1_o part_n 34._o who_o there_o say_v that_o a_o unsolemn_a marriage_n or_o not_o have_v canonical_a ceremony_n be_v not_o therefore_o no_o marriage_n because_o it_o be_v unsolemn_a the_o bane_n perhaps_o not_o be_v ask_v or_o the_o marriage_n not_o celebrate_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n but_o private_o in_o a_o chamber_n or_o some_o other_o rite_n or_o ceremony_n omit_v but_o be_v nevertheless_o a_o true_a marriage_n and_o in_o the_o margin_n he_o add_v to_o this_o effect_n insolemnitas_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la defectus_fw-la juris_fw-la civilis_fw-la non_fw-la juris_fw-la naturae_fw-la nam_fw-la illa_fw-la requisita_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o c._n cumin_fw-la hibitio_fw-la de_fw-la cland._n despon_n sext_n non_fw-la esse_fw-la deforma_fw-la &_o substantia_fw-la matrimonii_fw-la &_o legitimationis_fw-la prolis_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la solennitate_fw-la tantùm_fw-la &_o ipsius_fw-la decore_fw-la introducta_fw-la post_fw-la theolog._n &_o canonistas_n prodidit_fw-la granis_n consul_n civil_a 168._o &_o hanc_fw-la open_a communi_fw-la calculo_fw-la receptam_fw-la dicit_fw-la jo._n lub_v &_o mascard_v de_fw-fr probat_fw-la verb._n filius_fw-la conclu_fw-la 798._o n._n 8._o &_o licet_fw-la hodie_fw-la per_fw-la council_n tridentin_n hujusmodi_fw-la matrimonia_fw-la fiunt_fw-la irrita_fw-la nos_fw-la tamen_fw-la sequimur_fw-la antiquum_fw-la jus_o common_a tanquam_fw-la non_fw-la mutatum_fw-la insolemnity_n be_v a_o defect_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o not_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n for_o those_o requisite_n of_o 1_o c._n inhibitio_fw-la de_fw-fr clan_n despon_n granis_n council_n civil_a 168._o have_v deliver_v after_o many_o divine_n and_o canonist_n the_o same_o not_o to_o be_v of_o the_o substance_n of_o matrimony_n and_o legitimation_n of_o child_n but_o only_o introduce_v for_o their_o great_a ornament_n and_o jo._n lub_v and_o mascard_v de_fw-fr probat_fw-la verb._n filius_fw-la 798._o say_v likewise_o the_o same_o opinion_n to_o be_v receive_v by_o general_a approbation_n and_o though_o of_o late_a the_o council_n of_o trent_n have_v make_v such_o marriage_n void_a yet_o they_o follow_v the_o ancient_a common_a law_n as_o not_o change_v whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n to_o make_v marriage_n not_o 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