The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony, Table of contents – Colophon
¶ Here after foloweth a table wher by thou shalte fynde, in what leafe eueryevery Chapter begynneth, what is cōtayned in ye same chapter, & also al other princi pall thīges cōtayned in this boke.
¶ The fyrst Chapter.
WHo instituted wedlocke, where & whan, for what ende, &c. in the fyrst leafe.
The creacion of woman or of mā. ii.
Adam and Eue were marryed the leaf iii.
The occasions of louelove & consent into mariage. The leaf iii.
The knot and couenaunt in mariage iii.
The second Chapter.
Wedlocke what it is. iiii.
The thyrd Chapter.
Contaynyng the declaracion of wedlok. v.
No man maye separate that God coupleth. v.
The fourth Chapter.
The iust couplyng togyther of man and wyfe The leaf vii.
Religion and fayth must be consydred. vii
The fyfte Chapter.
Chyldren must hauehave the consent of theyr paren tes or els the mariage is not right x.
Chyldren must honour theyr parentes xi.
Chyldren maye not vow nor promyse without theyr parentes consent. xii.
Menstealers and women stealers. xii.
Themistocles desyred a wyse wyfe rather then a rytche. xiii.
¶ The syxe Chapter.
The parentes maye not compell theyr chyldren to mary agaynst theyr wyl nor before theyr iust tyme. xiiii.
The seuenth Chapter.
Of the iust cōsent of both the parties into wed lock, and howe mariage ought to be fre and not compelled therto. xv.
The consent what it is. xv.
The wyll of maryage cometh of God. xvi.
The inordinate affecciō of yong folkes. xvii.
The inordinate affeccion of parentes xviii.
The. viii. Chapter.
Wherfore wedlocke should be cōtracted. xviii.
To brynge forth chyldren and to auoyd whoredome. xviii.
The worke of wedlocke is no synne. xx.
Deflouryng of virgyns. xx.
Measure and shamefastnes. xxi.
To auoyd solenes of lyuyng, to helpe and conforte one another. xxii.
The. ix. Chapter.
The ende, frute & comendaciō in wedlok. xxii.
How blyssed and honorable it is. xxii.
The operacion and ende of wedlok. xxii.
Wedlok is holy and honorable. xxii.
The. x. Chapter.
Howe shamefull and abhominable whoredome is. xxiiii.
Whoredom defylethe the members of Christe which are thyne owne body. xxliii.
Whordome robbeth God of his owne. xxv.
Whordome defyleth the temple of God, xxv.
Whordome shutteth men out of heauen. xxv.
Whordome spoyleth a man of his honeste, body and goodes. xxvi.
Whoremongers hauehave no rest. xxvi.
Stewes vpholders and mayntayners shall be punished greuously of God. xxvii.
Godly to mary maketh no beggers. xxix.
Whordome, wanton counsayle. xxix.
The. xi. Chapter.
Contayneth, howe shamefull & wycked a thyng is aduoutry, and how it hath of old tyme ben pu nyshed hitherto. xxx.
How god plaged aduoutry before ye law writtē. The punyshment of aduoutrye in the lawe of God. xxxi.
Howe aduouiry was punyshed among the Hethen. xxxi.
How the Lepreanes, Locrenses and Germans punyshed it. xxxi.
Howe the Romans punyshed aduoutry. xxxii.
The lawes imperiall punysh it. xxxii.
Why aduoutry was so sore punyshed. xxxii.
Aduoutry compared with thefte. xxxiii.
Aduoutry alienate heretages. xxxiiii.
The defence that aduoutrers vse. xxxiiii.
Aduoutry punyshed wyth death. xxxv.
The aduoutry of Dauid was not punyshed wt death. xxxv.
The aduoutresse broght before Christ why she was not stoned to death. Repentaunce. xxxvi.
The. xii. Chapter.
Howe one should chose hym an apte, honest and vertuous mate. xxxvi.
Ther lyeth great wayght in the chosyng of thy mate, what the chosyng is. xxxvii.
The maner of riches in man or of mā. xxxviii.
The rytches of the mynde. xxxviii.
Language and the feare of God. xxxviii.
Reputacion, rayment, company, the bryngynge vp of chyldren. xxxix
Froward wicked qualities of the mynd. xxxix.
The dispysyng of Gods worde. xl.
Unshamefastnes, lyeng. xl.
Pryde, The rytches of the body, beauty. xl.
Temporall rytches, Nobilite. xli.
Wynnyng and occupyeng. xlii.
The effecte of the eleccion. xlii. Prayer. xliii.
A noble ensample of the eleccion and earande in the cause of matrimony. xliii.
A fourme of the earand in mariage. xlv.
Trueth in contractyng of mariage. xlv.
The. xiii. Chapter.
Of the weddyng. rlvi.
They must go to churche before they go to bed. The leafe. xlvi.
The cōmodities y• come of this ordināce. xlvii.
The abuse at weddynges. xlviii.
… ynne & excesse cōmitted at weddynges. xlviii.
The. xiiii. Chapter.
Of the fyrst cohabitacion. l.
Daunger in the first cohabitacion. l.
How they must behaue them selues at first. li.
The duty of the maryed one to ye tother. lii.
The duty and obedience of wyues. liii.
The husband is the head of the wyfe. liii.
Howe he is the head. liiii.
How y• wiues must obay & behaue thē selues. liiii
The duty and louelove of husbandes. lv.
Howe men shulde louelove theyr wyues. lv.
Howe holy a thyng louelove matrimonial is. lv.
A man must louelove his wyfe as his owne bodye. The leafe lvi.
The. xv. Chapter.
Howe the louelove, faythfulnes and duty of the maryed persons must be kepte. lvi.
One maye not cast another in the tethe. lvii.
Obsequtousnes and felawshyp. lvii.
Humanite and ientylnes, kepe no secret grudge. The lefe lviii.
Chyldren are the pledges of louelove. lix.
To be frutefull was once ye blessyng of god. lx.
Chyldren are womens Iewels. lx.
Steppe children and step mothers. lxi.
Trouth and fayth must be kepte, clenlines. lxii.
Good conuersacyon, auoydynge gelousy lxiii.
Bostīg or praysyng of wyues or husbādes. l…iii
How ye shuld behaue you agaynst your seruaū tes. lxiiii.
The. xvi. Chapter.
Of cōuenient care and iust keping of the house. The lefe, lxiiii.
Ordinate care for our lyuynge. l…v.
Phidias dyd set the good houswyfe vnderunder ashel. The lefe. lxvi.
Comon sentences for the kepyng of thy house. The lefe. lxvi
The. xvii. Chapter.
How the maried must be mercyful & pacyent in aduersyte, & behaue them to theyr seruauntes. Affliccion techeth vsus to knowe god. Tribulaciō is fyer and salt. lxviii
How seruantes must be entreted. lxviii.
The dewtye of seruauntes. lxix.
The. xviii. Chapter.
H…w children shuld be well brought vp. lxix.
Catus and Tyberius, why they were so eloquent. ….
Correction dew and discrete. lxxii.
The. xix. Chapter.
Children must be set to that science and crafte where vntounto they be most apte. lxxii.
Why men now set not their chyldrē to scole as thyck, as they were wont. lxxii
Trauellyng among straungers. lxxiiii.
The. xx. Chapter.
Of yonge wemens apparell, lxxv.
Whether ientle women maye go so rychelye arayed. lxxv.
The. xxi. Chapter.
How daughters and maydens muste be kepte. The leafe. lxxvii.
The ende of the Table.
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End of the text · Henrich Bullinger, The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony (1543)