Chapter 25: Of Marriage
The Westminster Confession (1646), the Savoy Declaration (1658) and the Second London Confession (1677/1689), paragraph by paragraph. Marked: what each has that the one before it lacks.
| Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) | Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) | Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) |
|---|---|---|
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 24.1 Marriage is to be between one Man and one Woman: neither is it lawful for any Man to have more then one Wife, nor for any Woman to have more then one Husband; at the same time. | Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 25.1 Marriage is to be between one man and one woman: neither is it lawful for any man to have more then one wife, nor for any woman to have more then one husband at the same time. | Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 25.1 Marriage is to be between one Man and one Woman; neither is it lawful for any Man to have more than one Wife, nor for any Woman to have more than one Husband at the same time. |
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 24.2 Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of Husband and Wife, for the increase of mankinde with a legitimate issue, and of the Church with an holy seed; and, for preventing of uncleanness. | Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 25.2 Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife, for the increase of mankinde with a legitimate issue, and of the Church with an holy seed, and for preventing of uncleanness. | Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 25.2 Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of Husband and Wife, for the increase of Mankind with a legitimate Issue, and for preventing Uncleanness. |
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 24.3 It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment, to give their consent. Yet, is it the duty of Christians to marry only in the Lord: And therefore such as profess the true reformed Religion, should not marry with Infidels, Papists, or other Idolaters: Neither should such as are godly, be unequally yoked, by marrying with such as are notoriously wicked in their life, or maintain damnable Heresies. | Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 25.3 It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgement to give their consent. Yet it is the duty of Christians to marry in the Lord, and therefore such as profess the true Reformed Religion, should not marry with Infidels, Papists, or other Idolaters: neither should such as are godly, be unequally yoaked by marrying with such as are wicked in their life, or maintain damnable Heresie. | Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 25.3 It is lawful for all sorts of People to Marry, who are able with Judgment to give their Consent; yet it is the Duty of Christians to Marry in the Lord; and therefore such as profess the true Religion, should not Marry with Infidels, or Idolaters; neither should such as are godly be unequally yoked, by Marrying with such as are wicked in their Life, or maintain damnable Heresie. |
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 24.4 Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of Consanguinity or Affinity forbidden in the Word; Nor can such incestuous marriages ever be made lawful by any Law of man or consent of Parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife. The man may not marry any of his wives kindred, nearer in blood, then he may of his own; nor, the woman, of her husbands kindred, nearer in blood, then of her own. | Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 25.4 Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden in the Word; nor can such incestuous Marriages ever be made lawful by any law of man, or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife. | Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 25.4 Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of Consanguinity or Affinity, forbidden in the Word; nor can such incestuous Marriage ever be made lawful, by any Law of Man or Consent of Parties, so as those Persons may live together as Man and Wife. |