T H A T all Marriages (not forbidden by the Law of God, as to Nearness
of Blood and Affinity by Marriage) shall be encouraged; but the Parents
or Guardians shall be first consulted, and the Marriage shall be
published before it be solemnized; and it shall be solemnized by taking
one another as Husband and Wife, before credible Witnesses, and a
Certificate of the whole, under the Hands of Parties and Witnesses,
shall be brought to the proper Register of that County, and shall be
registred in his Office.