Tetrachordon: Expositions Upon The foure chief places in Scripture, which treat of Mariage, or nullities in Mariage. . Wherin the doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, as was lately publish'd, is confirm'd by explanation of Scripture, by testimony of ancient Fathers, of civil lawes in the Primitive Church, of famousest Reformed Divines, And lastly, by an intended Act of the Parlament and Church of England in the last yeare of Edward the Sixth. By the former Author J.M.
London. Printed in the yeare 1645. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, 18x 14cm, (in 4s), trimmed, the First Edition, [viii],40,37-98p., in full recent brown calf, two raised bands, black ruled borders on the spine and boards tied over the hinges, and black ruled borders on the dentelles, gilt titles along the spine, top margins trimmed into the header and page numbers in some case, rare. (cgc) John Milton, (1608-1674). Shocked at his wife's desertion in 1643, after just thirty days of marriage, responded with the publication of several pamphlets protesting the marriage law regarding divorce. In 1643, he anonymously published The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, Restored to the good Sexes from the Bondage of Canon Law and Mistakes and in 1644, The Judgement of Martin Bucer concerning Divorce. These were received with extreme public, church and government condemnation which led to his publishing "Tetrachorden". The Tetrachordonis so-called because it treats four passages from Scripture (Genesis, Deuteronomy, Matthew, and First Corinthians), synthesizing them into a defence of divorce. In this, Milton replies vehemently to both lay and clerical antagonists. Wing M-2184. Coleridge 67. Item #36711
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