I ----- ---- -------- ---:-"-;:::-:-:;;:---::--- --------- l -68_o_ 1 CuAP. S· Of (h1ijlian Oeconomie~ I ; C?r.6•. 14. ~r ~tot vneq~allt )_llk!dw;~h the In. \ A caufc it was a great fault,wherv\'ith-~e .Apulti- .. ---- ,, ! fic:eJs. And Tnus 3.1o.Reu£f /~''!"that u an here- ~ 1 1 114 y.·as iullly charged, that bccing bu.t 3 ~crie I 1 tt~, afteronre or tWtceadmo111t:o1J, yong man, he ·was maricd to a wife Cio. ycarcs 1 l J But fuppofe it fal!cth out, thatt!lecfpoufals ofage. . " · . · . '1 i be paA ,& that both pantcs at the firfi were be-· S~condly, of condition and cfiate.· For this I . leuc:rs,or one ofthemonly;or that atfirtl both al(o IS anfwcrablc vnto the ApoA.lei rulciwho I were vnbcl"ccucrs, and yet afterward one of cxhoncth men to thinkc of and to dOe tho(e them is conucrtcd to the faith: or fu~th~r, adthings which are nue, iu.ft/com'!1endab}e .. /4Hdor mit that both were belceuers atthcconuaa; goodreport, Phi!. 4• 8. Thus itis'a fct!nei{an~ yet Wtthm fomc ~unc after, the one becomes> commendable praCHfc, that, tht Prince ; the an l?fide11, tha~ IS to fay, a le:", aTur~c,or an Noble man, the free-man, the gcnt:IC'ntah, the obfim~tcHcrc:ukc, that dcmcs the fatth, and ycoman,&c. !hould bt Joyned in iOc.it.c~c v. ith rafc·th euen the very fOundation of Religion;in them, that are of the farhc or like condition this caiC what is to be done? Surely cuen fu.th~ with thcmfclucs, and norothcrwife. For thi3 efpoufals once made and ended, if there be no caufe are tht anc:icnt Romans greatly to bc.c6othCr impediments but thcfc, arc to £land and n'cntlerl, who (as we rtadc in their fiorics) continue finne &: vnchangcablc; fo l~ng as the ·B had fuch a careful! rtfpca of thcit,mariages in Vf!bclec:uing party doth willingly yelld & fubthis behalfe, that they madclawes and ron£li• mit him or her fcltC to the performance of m2tutions for the rcflraining of inequalitic of riagc duties,propcrly bdO~"ins to m:~.n &wife: worldlydlatc in fuch focicties,by [his me~nes My rufon is, the Cpecch ofPaul, who faith, If · prcucnting much confufion and diflurbance in 4JJ} /,rQther b1111e A JVi{e, thAt bdec:leth not, iffhe~ f:nnilics,and other orders of men. '\tYhercunto 6t e11ntmt todwelil¥ith hitu, let him 11ot forfoi{s. : agrees that of Tertulli:m, who f~ith, ThAt if a Tcn:ull.ad lur. Againe, Thew~manwhichhArlumhuJ6and Jreewoman•had ajfianctd her folft to him thAt n edib,,, thlfl /JelemctbnotJ if IJee be "mtent to dweO with lPtU A hond.m4n to anothtr, and/;umg thrice Adher, let her notforf~t~ hi,,r .Cor.7.1 2..1;. r tnoni/h~d thereof, by him th4t had4urhot-itieotur: If.it bl: here alledged, that the finne'ofadulher, did notwithf/•nding perfume in "her pur.; terie diffolues the bond both of contract and pofe; foejhoHid, Mcordmg to thel•w,l•fe herfree• mariagc, and therefore much more doth Idoladome.· ' ,. uie or!nfidditie, which is a finne far more deThe third ·note is publike hondly 8C credit, teLlable rhen Idolatrit: 1 anfwtr,that the que';" whereby the contract made btcomcs a matte&: !lion is not, whether ofthefe is the greater fin, of good report, well thought and fpok<n ofaor more hainous in thefight ofGod:forlnfide- , broad. whatfoeHtr things are ofgood YtfOYtl litie in both refpetls farrc exrcedcrh the other; C thin<! M them, Philip. +· 8. From hence I g>- bUt·whethcrofthem is more repugnant to the thcr, . ·;:··. · nature and condition of wedlockc. Now the I. That it is :m vnfc~cmely thing for .aman finnc of adulterie is that alone, .which brcakc~ to make promifc of mariasc to fuch awOman, th'e bond,aud rendunccth the troth plighted in as bath bccne fotmerlyddlowred, or bath 3nd m.iriagc,and is the proper c:tufe ofa diuorcc,& is, or may be com1inccd of adulteric, and vn.. not Idolatric or lnfidclitic. clcanncs. Nay, I adde further, that a contraCt The fecond nott,is parity or cqualitie in remade with fuch aone, as himfelfc bath b~fore gard of age and cdndition, . , deflowred, is by the law of Cod vnl•wfuii.For Fir!! ofA"e; bccaufe though the mamge of the adulteter and the adultereffe,by dttnne law pcrfons,v.hdf~ y~a~es arc farr~ vnc~~all,is not {hould. b~p~t to d~ath, and be cut offfrom hu.. cxprtflyforbiddcn m the word;yet lt 1s <"~grceamane toc1cue, Lemt.zo. to. ble ro the rules ofexpcdiencic& dcccncic,that I I.lt is altogether inexpedient that awoman thc •god lhould ntatch with the aged,the yonlhould be married to fuch aman,as bath a congerwhh the yonger. ::.. cubine, vnlcffc he formerly rtnounce her, and Reafons are thcfc. Firll, bccau(c the corntcllific·thc fame by true and vnfaincd repcnfons ofthis focictie in likelihood will by this D tance. The reafon is plaine,Such a mariagccanmeanes alwaics be equal!, 3nd confcquemly 1lot he vndcrtaken in the Lord. And the panic br-ing the more ~ontentmcnt to citber panic. himfdfC",btcingbeforepoltutcd with his Con.. Secondly, rhcfc vncquall mariagcs :uc oftencubine, becoms nowby mariagcto anotl1cr,an times otfcnliuc to others. Thhdly,thcy c:~:nnot adulterer; and {he th:n is married vnto hi111,by but in fome cafes rroouc otfcnfiuc cucn to thCthis hc·r aCl ycclds confcnt vnto his 2dultcric. fehtes. For when a man of great yrarcs m:ltI I I. That no man profcfii,!lg Chrillian rcli-. cheth with a woma very yong, or ayong ltripgion, much leffe aMinillcrof the word, ought ling marrierh an aged wom:m; the elder party to take to hialfC"lfe in marriage a h3rl~t, a degrowingwe~ke and impotent, m~y the fooncr famed woman. or one that comes of •n.famou' come to be vnfic for marriage duues: and the parents, thou~h fhc be tt"pentam. LcuJt.11.7. yongcr bccing ofgrc:ucr flrength :md abilidc, The Pritft }ball not ta~~ to w~fe one .that U~ the more in ,l:mgcr ofbeing expofed to inconwhore, orprophancd, that~~. to fa~, .wh~eh hatn rinencic,and th:lt in the higHcfl degree, vnlcffc an euilnamc,or com.cs of1gnommJous pare~ts. he be rcHrained_.Py God fpcciall gr:~.cc. For tbi~_l Whi~h law, though 1t was Ill plrt Ccrcmon1all - ~-' ..r
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