her in Sickness and Health, in
Prosperity & Adversity;

"And that you will be True & Faithful to her, and will
Cleave to her only, so long as God, in his Providence,
shall continue your and her abode in Such Place (or Places)
as that you can conveniently come together.--Do You thus
Promise?

"You, Sally, do now, in ye Presence of God, and these
Witnesses, Take Bob to be your Husband;

"Promising, that so far as your present Relation as a
Servant shall admit, you will Perform the Part of a Wife
towards him: and in particular,

"You Promise that you will Love him; And that as you shall
have the Opportunity & Ability, you will take a proper Care
of him in Sickness and Health; in Prosperity and Adversity:

"And you will cleave to him only, so long as God, in his
Providence, shall continue his & your Abode in such Place
(or Places) as that you can come together.--Do you thus
Promise? I then, agreeable to your Request, and with ye
Consent of your Masters & Mistresses, do Declare that you
have License given you to be conversant and familiar
together as Husband and Wife, so long as God shall continue
your Places of Abode as aforesaid; And so long as you Shall
behave yourselves as it becometh servants to doe:

"For you must both of you bear in mind that you remain
still, as really and truly as ever, your Master's Property,
and therefore it will be justly expected, both by God and
Man, that you behave and conduct yourselves as Obedient and
faithful Servants towards your respective Masters &
Mistresses for the Time being:

"And finally, I exhort and Charge you to beware lest you
give place to the Devil, so as to take occasion from the
license now given you, to be lifted up with Pride, and
thereby fall under the Displeasure, not of Man only, but of
God also; for it is written, that God resisteth the Proud
but giveth Grace to the humble.

"I shall now conclude with Prayer for you, that you may
become good Christians, and that you may be enabled to
conduct as such; and in particular, that you may have Grace
to behave suitably towards each Other, as also dutifully
towards your Masters & Mistresses, Not with Eye Service as
Men pleasers, ye Servants of Christ doing ye Will of God
from ye heart, &c.