DOCT. XXIV. That marriages are to be contracted in the Lord, and religiously observed.
MOreover we know and confesse that all marriages are to be con∣tracteda 1.1 in the Lord, according to the divine law and that of nature; and that they are also holily to be obser∣ved according to the honest and good customes of places; and that it is un∣lawfull for any man to put away his Wife:b 1.2 saving for the cause of fornica∣tion: but if an unbelieving woman refuse to cohabit with her believing Husband out of hatred to religion, she is not to be retained by force;c 1.3 for the faithfull Husband is not under bondage in such cases; but God hath called him to peace.