consistory_n shall_v think_v fit_a except_o those_o who_o shall_v have_v live_v together_o during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o ignorance_n without_o contempt_n and_o slight_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a order_n also_o those_o which_o shall_v have_v cohabit_v together_o when_o there_o be_v no_o church_n settle_v at_o the_o place_n of_o their_o habitation_n or_o in_o the_o province_n all_o which_o shall_v only_o be_v cite_v to_o the_o consistory_n to_o the_o end_n the_o marriage_n may_v be_v ratify_v and_o bless_v in_o the_o church_n if_o the_o consistory_n shall_v see_v it_o expedient_a conformity_n st._n basil_n in_o his_o three_o canonical_a epistle_n can._n 69._o 33._o tom._n 7._o pag._n 33._o have_v appoint_v something_o of_o this_o kind_n in_o these_o term_n if_o a_o reader_n have_v know_v his_o sweetheart_n before_o marriage_n he_o shall_v be_v suspend_v from_o his_o office_n for_o a_o year_n at_o the_o expiration_n whereof_o he_o shall_v do_v his_o duty_n without_o be_v capable_a 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worthy_a himself_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n in_o create_v human_a nature_n make_v at_o first_o one_o man_n and_o one_o woman_n and_o forbid_v to_o dissolve_v marriage_n have_v not_o suffer_v to_o dissolve_v it_o but_o for_o one_o only_a cause_n which_o indeed_o do_v break_v the_o band_n and_o have_v instance_a the_o word_n of_o the_o gospel_n where_o jesus_n christ_n suffer_v to_o separate_v for_o adultery_n and_o to_o marry_v again_o he_o add_v 620._o ib._n p._n 620._o by_o these_o word_n jesus_n christ_n command_v to_o bear_v all_o other_o fault_n in_o a_o woman_n her_o prate_n drunkenness_n evil_a speak_n but_o if_o she_o violate_v the_o law_n of_o marriage_n than_o he_o command_v to_o dissolve_v and_o break_v the_o band_n nothing_o can_v be_v desire_v more_o positive_a nor_o more_o clear_a for_o prove_v the_o matter_n i_o treat_v of_o therefore_o i_o conclude_v in_o observe_v that_o st._n chrysostom_n and_o theodoret_n deposition_n do_v no_o less_o favour_n the_o article_n of_o 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