Chapter 26
Of Marriage
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Marriage is to be between one man and one woman; neither is it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman to have more than one husband at the same time.
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Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife,1 for the increase of mankind with a legitimate issue,2 and for preventing of uncleanness.3
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It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent;1 yet it is the duty of Christians to marry in the Lord;2 and therefore such as profess the true religion, should not marry with infidels, or idolators; neither should such as are godly be unequally yoked, by marrying with such as are wicked in their life, or maintain damnable heresy.3
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Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity, forbidden in the Word;1 nor can such incestuous marriages ever be made lawful, by any law of man or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife.2
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