Admonition.
The ninth. As for matrimonie that also hath corruptions to many, it was wont to be coun∣ted a sacramente, and therefore they vse yet a sacramental signe, to which they attribute the
An ansvvere to a certen libel intituled, An admonition to the Parliament, by Iohn VVhitgifte, D. of Diuinitie
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- An ansvvere to a certen libel intituled, An admonition to the Parliament, by Iohn VVhitgifte, D. of Diuinitie
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- Whitgift, John, 1530?-1604.
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- Imprinted at London :: By Henrie Bynneman, for Humfrey Toy,
- Anno. 1572.
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- Church of England -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800.
- Admonition to the Parliament -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
- Puritans -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
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vertue of wedlocke. I meane the wedding ring, whiche they fowlly abuse, and dallye withall, in taking it vp and laying it downe: In putting it on, they abuse the name of the Trinitie, they make the newe married man ac∣cording to the Popish forme, to make an idoll of his wife, saying, with this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship. &c. And bycause in popery no holy action maye be done without a masse, they enioyne the married persons to re∣ceiue the Communiō, (as they do their bishops and priests when they are made) &c. Other pet∣tie things out of the booke we speak not of,* 1.1 as that women, contrary m 1.2 to the rule of the Apo∣stle, come, and are suffered to come bareheaded with bagpipes & fidlers before thē, to disturbe the cōgregation, and that they must come in at the great dore of the church, else all is marred.
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* 1.1
Abuses ac∣cidentall.
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m 1.2
1. Cor. 11.5.