Marriage
- Marriage is to be between one man and one woman. It is not lawful
for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman to have more
than one husband, at the same time.
- Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife, for
the increase of mankind with a legitimate issue, and for preventing
uncleanness.
- It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry if they are able
with judgement to give their consent. But it is the duty of Christians
to marry in the Lord, and therefore those who profess the true religion
should not marry with infidels or idolaters. Nor should those who are
godly be unequally yoked by marrying with those who are wicked in their
life or who maintain heretical teaching condemned to judgement.
- Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or
affinity forbidden in the Word, nor can such incestuous marriages ever
be made lawful by any law of man or consent of parties so that such
persons may live together as man and wife.
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