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CHAP. XXV.
Of Marriage.
1. Marriage is to be between one Man and
one Woman; (a) neither is
it lawful for any man to have more then one Wife, nor for any Woman
to have more then one Husband at the same time.
2. Marriage was ordained for the mutual help (b)
of Husband and Wife, (c)
for the increase of Man-kind, with a legitimate issue, and for (d)
preventing of uncleanness.
3. It is lawful for (e)
all sorts of people to Marry, who are able with judgment to give
their consent; yet it is the duty of Christians (f)
to marry in the Lord, and therefore such as profess the true Religion,
should not Marry with Infidels, (g)
or Idolaters; neither should such as are godly be unequally yoked, by marrying
with such as are wicked, in their life, or maintain damnable Heresie.
4. Marriage ought not to be within the degrees
of consanguinity, (h)
or Affinity forbidden in the word;
nor can such incestuous Marriage ever be made lawful, by any law
of Man or consent of parties, (i)
so as those persons may live together as Man and Wife.
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