De execrando peccato adulterii, quo maculata est magna pars et multitudo coniugatorum. Quapropter in hoc sermone contra adulteros aliqua declarabimus, ut intelligant ipsi miserabilem statum et damnabilem conditionem in quibus sese reperiunt. De adulterio igitur tractaturi tria principalia mysteria per ordinem proponimus declaranda et annotanda, videlicet: Primum dicitur diffinitio: quod sit adulterium et quomodo sumitur multipliciter et qualiter multi credunt se in statu esse matrimonii qui sunt potius adulteri quam coniugati. Secundum abhominatio, quod abhominandum est adulterium eo quod contrariatur bono matrimonii et inducit scandala multa et implicat adulteros multis laqueis. Tertium punitio, quod omnes leges, tam divina quam ecclesiastica quam etiam civilis, puniunt graviter adulterium.

On the condemnation of the sin of adultery, whereby most unions are tarnished. Therefore, in this sermon, we shall clarify some things in opposition to the adulterers, so that they may understand the miserable state and condemnable condition in which they find themselves. We shall therefore deal with adultery and propose to discuss and notice three main mysteries, namely: The first concerns definition: what adultery is and how it can be interpreted in many ways; and how many believe they are within the marriage bond while they are more adulterous than married. The second concerns reprobation, since adultery is to be despised because it contradicts honest marriage and induces many scandals and entraps adulterers in many snares. The third concerns punishment, since all laws, divine as well as ecclesiastical and civil, severely punish adultery.

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