AN
ADMONITION
TO
ALL
SUCH
AS
SHALL
INTEND
HERE
AFTER
TO
ENTER
THE
STATE
OF
MATRIMONY
,
GODLILY
AND
AGREEABLY
TO
LAWES
.
FIrst
,
that
they
contract
not
with
such
persons
as
be
hereafter
expressed
,
nor
with
any
of
like
degree
,
against
the
law
of
God
,
&
the
laws
of
the
Realm
.
Secondly
,
that
they
make
no
secret
contracts
,
without
consent
and
counsell
of
their
Parents
or
Elders
,
under
whose
authority
they
be
:
contrary
to
Gods
lawes
and
mans
ordinances
.
Thirdly
,
that
they
contract
not
anew
with
any
other
upon
divorce
and
seperation
made
by
the
Iudge
for
a
time
,
the
lawes
yet
standing
to
the
contrary
.
MArriage
is
honourable
among
all
men
,
and
the
bed
undefiled
.
But
whoremongers
and
adulterers
God
will
judg
,
Heb.
13.
To
avoid
fornication
,
let
every
man
have
his
wife
,
and
let
every
woman
have
her
husband
.
He
that
cannot
containe
,
let
him
marry
:
For
better
it
is
to
marry
,
then
to
burn
.
1
Cor.
7.
Vnto
the
married
I
commaund
,
not
I
,
but
the
Lord
:
Let
not
the
Wife
depart
from
her
Husband
.
But
if
she
depart
let
them
remaine
unmarried
,
or
be
reconciled
unto
her
husband
.
And
let
not
the
Husband
put
away
his
Wife
.
1
IT
is
to
be
noted
,
that
those
persons
which
be
in
the
direct
line
,
ascendent
&
descendent
,
cannot
marry
together
,
although
they
be
never
so
far
asunder
in
degree
.
2
It
is
also
to
be
noted
,
that
consanguinity
&
affinity
(
letting
and
dissolving
Matrimony
)
is
contracted
as
well
in
them
&
by
them
,
which
is
of
kinred
by
the
one
side
,
as
in
&
by
them
,
which
be
of
kinred
by
both
sides
.
3
Item
,
that
by
the
Laws
,
consanguinity
and
affinity
(
letting
and
dissolving
Matrimony
)
is
contracted
as
well
by
unlawfull
company
of
man
and
woman
as
by
unlawful
marriage
.
4
Item
,
in
contracting
betwixt
persons
doubtfull
,
which
be
not
expressed
in
this
Table
,
it
is
most
sure
,
first
to
consult
with
men
learned
in
the
lawes
,
to
understand
what
is
lawfull
,
what
is
honest
and
expedient
,
before
the
finishing
of
their
contracts
.
5
Item
,
that
no
Parson
,
Vicar
or
Curate
,
shall
solemnize
Matrimony
out
of
his
or
their
Cure
or
parish
Church
or
Chappel
,
and
shall
not
solemnize
the
same
in
private
houses
,
nor
lawlesse
or
exempt
Churches
,
under
the
pains
of
the
law
,
forbidding
the
same
.
And
that
the
Curate
have
the
Certificates
,
when
the
parties
dwell
in
divers
places
.
6
Item
,
the
bands
of
matrimony
ought
to
be
openly
denounced
in
the
Church
by
the
Minister
,
three
severall
Sundaies
or
Festivall
daies
,
to
the
end
that
who
will
and
can
alledge
any
impediment
,
may
be
heard
,
and
that
stay
may
be
made
till
further
triall
,
if
any
exception
be
made
there
against
it
upon
sufficient
caution
.
7
Item
,
who
shall
maliciously
object
a
frivolous
impediment
against
a
lawfull
matrimony
,
to
disturb
the
same
,
is
subject
to
the
paines
of
the
Law
.
8
Item
,
who
shall
presume
to
contract
in
the
degrees
prohibited
(
though
he
do
it
ignorantly
)
besides
that
the
fruit
of
such
copulation
may
be
judged
unlawfull
,
is
also
punishable
at
the
ordinaries
discretion
.
9
Item
,
if
any
minister
shall
conjoyne
any
such
,
or
shall
be
present
at
such
contracts
making
,
he
ought
to
be
suspended
from
his
ministerie
for
three
years
:
and
otherwise
to
be
punished
according
to
lawes
.
10
Item
,
it
is
further
ordained
,
that
noe
Parson
,
Vicar
,
or
Curate
,
do
Preach
,
treat
,
or
expound
of
his
own
voluntary
invention
,
any
matter
of
controversie
in
the
Scriptures
,
if
he
be
under
the
degree
of
master
of
Art
,
except
he
be
licensed
by
his
Ordinary
thereunto
,
but
onely
for
the
instruction
of
the
people
:
read
the
Homilies
,
allready
set
forth
,
and
such
other
form
of
doctrine
as
shall
be
hereafter
by
authority
published
:
and
shall
not
innovate
,
or
alter
any
thing
in
the
Church
,
or
use
any
old
Rite
,
or
Cerimony
,
which
be
not
set
forth
by
publick
authority
.
Set
forth
by
the
most
Reverend
Father
in
God
,
Mathew
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
,
Primate
of
England
,
and
Metropolitane
.