[10] The teaching of our Church of England, passing on the teaching of the Church Universal, is very happily summed up in an ancient Homily of the Church of England. It runs thus: "In Baptism the Christian was born again spiritually, to live; in Confirmation he is made bold to fight. There he received remission of sin; here he receiveth increase of grace.... In Baptism he was chosen to be God's son; in Confirmation God shall give him His Holy Spirit to ... perfect him. In Baptism he was called and chosen to be one of God's soldiers, and had his white coat of innocency given him, and also his badge, which was the red cross set upon his forehead...; in Confirmation he is encouraged to fight, and to take the armour of God put upon him, which be able to bear off the fiery darts of the devil." {106} CHAPTER IX. HOLY MATRIMONY. We have called Holy Matrimony the "_Sacrament of Perpetuation_," for it is the ordained way in which the human race is to be perpetuated. Matrimony is the legal union between two persons,--a union which is created by mutual consent: Holy Matrimony is that union sanctioned and sanctified by the Church. There are three familiar names given to this union: Matrimony, Marriage, Wedlock. Matrimony, derived from _mater_, a mother, tells of the woman's (i.e. wife-man's) "joy that a man is born into the world". Marriage, derived from _maritus_, a husband (or house-dweller[1]), tells of the man's place in the "hus" or house. Wedlock, derived from _weddian_, a pledge, reminds both man and woman of the life-long pledge which each has made "either to other". {107} It is this Sacrament of Matrimony, Marriage, or Wedlock, that we are now to consider. We will think of it under four headings:-- (I) What is it for? (II) What is its essence? (III) Whom is it for? (IV) What are its safeguards? (I) WHAT IS IT FOR? Marriage is, as we have seen, God's method of propagating the human race. It does this in two ways--by expansion, and by limitation. This is seen in the New Testament ordinance, "one man for one woman". It expands the race, but within due and disciplined limitations. Expansion, without limitation, would produce quantity without quality, and would wreck the human race; limitation without expansion might produce quality without quantity, but would extinguish the human race. Like every other gift of God, marriage is to be treated "soberly, wisely, discretely," and, like every other gift, it must be used with a due combination of freedom and restraint.