Christian Marriage: The Ceremony, History and Significance; Ritual, Practical and Archæological Notes; and the Text of the English, Roman, Greek, and Jewish Ceremonies

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E.P. Dutton, 1900 - 342 pages
 

Contents

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IV
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VIII
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Page 173 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 154 - For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Page 109 - WILT thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?
Page 223 - My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Page 137 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel ; and I will bless them.
Page 72 - At the day and time appointed for Solemnization of Matrimony, the Persons to be married shall come into the body of the Church...
Page 17 - Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 46 - I require and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgment, when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment why you may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it. For be ye well assured, that so many as are coupled together otherwise than God's word doth allow, are not joined together by God, neither is their matrimony lawful.
Page 48 - Priest, taking the Ring, shall deliver it unto the Man, to put it upon the fourth finger of the Woman's left hand.
Page 223 - This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

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