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name_n a_o letter_n of_o five_o in_o number_n less_o than_o man_n to_o show_v she_o be_v but_o a_o diminutive_a all_o these_o do_v imply_v woman_n subjection_n there_o be_v two_o other_o duty_n several_a of_o the_o man_n and_o wife_n the_o man_n must_v protect_v his_o wife_n in_o danger_n chap._n 20._o 11._o provide_v be_v require_v of_o the_o man_n to_o provide_v for_o his_o household_n and_o family_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 8._o and_o the_o woman_n be_v to_o preserve_v and_o enlarge_v that_o her_o husband_n have_v provide_v the_o domestical_a duty_n of_o preserve_v the_o house_n and_o household_n pertain_v to_o she_o as_o it_o be_v in_o proverb_n 31._o 21._o she_o shall_v be_v of_o the_o property_n of_o the_o snail_n still_o at_o home_n but_o a_o foolish_a woman_n be_v troublesome_a proverb_n 9_o 13._o the_o house_n in_o holy_a scripture_n be_v take_v for_o the_o child_n who_o she_o must_v bear_v and_o bring_v up_o in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n the_o wife_n through_o bear_v of_o child_n 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scripture_n if_o thou_o have_v a_o unbelieved_a wife_n if_o she_o be_v content_a to_o dwell_v with_o thou_o for_o sake_n she_o not_o for_o in_o that_o she_o be_v a_o infidel_n she_o be_v dead_a flesh_n but_o in_o that_o she_o be_v content_a to_o dwell_v with_o thou_o she_o putrifi_v not_o but_o if_o she_o seek_v to_o draw_v thou_o to_o idolatry_n in_o such_o thing_n thou_o may_v not_o yield_v but_o there_o may_v be_v a_o departure_n 1_o cor._n 7._o 15._o god_n suffer_v separation_n and_o apostasy_n for_o spiritual_a fornication_n which_o be_v idolatry_n and_o where_o god_n do_v make_v separation_n there_o his_o deputy_n which_o be_v his_o priest_n for_o incontinency_n and_o apostasy_n may_v suffer_v divorcement_n for_o that_o the_o people_n commit_v fornication_n both_o bodily_a and_o spiritual_o with_o the_o daughter_n of_o moab_n moses_n in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n ordain_v they_o shall_v be_v slay_v and_o phineas_n with_o his_o spear_n appease_v god_n wrath_n number_n 25._o in_o ezra_n 10._o 4._o after_o they_o have_v resolve_v to_o put_v away_o their_o strange_a wife_n they_o come_v to_o ezra_n the_o priest_n say_v arise_v for_o this_o matter_n belong_v unto_o thou_o who_o bid_v they_o in_o verse_n 11._o to_o separate_v themselves_o from_o their_o strange_a wife_n as_o you_o may_v see_v there_o at_o large_a but_o paul_n counsel_n in_o the_o 1_o to_o the_o cor._n 7._o 11._o be_v my_o counsel_n here_o that_o but_o for_o argent_a occasion_n a_o man_n shall_v not_o put_v away_o his_o wife_n but_o if_o she_o depart_v let_v she_o remain_v unmarried_a as_o if_o she_o do_v retain_v only_o to_o her_o husband_n or_o let_v she_o be_v reconcile_v to_o her_o husband_n and_o this_o reconciliation_n make_v no_o new_a marriage_n but_o by_o repentance_n she_o if_o she_o have_v offend_v must_v renew_v her_o life_n in_o honesty_n and_o holiness_n and_o this_o reconciliation_n must_v be_v a_o renew_v of_o their_o love_n and_o the_o man_n must_v hearty_o forgive_v she_o as_o he_o 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and_o suffer_v death_n that_o he_o may_v cleave_v to_o the_o church_n and_o the_o church_n to_o he_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v one_o spirit_n that_o so_o this_o bond_n may_v continue_v perpetual_o and_o that_o this_o knot_n that_o join_v man_n and_o wife_n may_v be_v indissoluble_a erant_fw-la autem_fw-la illi_fw-la ambo_fw-la nudi_fw-la adam_n &_o uxor_fw-la ejus_fw-la ae_z non_fw-la erubescebant_fw-la 25._o gen._n 2._o 25._o 1591._o novemb_n 〈◊〉_d 1591._o this_o verse_n at_o the_o first_o sight_n may_v seem_v 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o small_a purpose_n but_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v add_v the_o same_o to_o the_o rest_n for_o good_a purpose_n if_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o that_o which_o go_v
be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o man_n describe_v in_o the_o second_o chapter_n all_o that_o shall_v we_o see_v in_o this_o chapter_n to_o be_v overthrow_v by_o the_o work_n and_o malice_n of_o the_o devil_n at_o the_o sight_n and_o consideration_n of_o which_o tragedy_n as_o st._n augustine_n say_v all_o the_o creature_n especial_o mankind_n aught_o with_o sigh_n and_o groan_n to_o dissolve_v themselves_o into_o tear_n to_o think_v of_o our_o and_o their_o utter_a and_o irrecoverable_a confusion_n be_v it_o not_o for_o this_o which_o be_v annex_v unto_o it_o namely_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n promise_v to_o come_v at_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n to_o restore_v all_o thing_n which_o be_v lose_v in_o paradise_n and_o to_o bring_v we_o a_o more_o excellent_a paradise_n than_o that_o ever_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o these_o evil_n which_o we_o see_v in_o we_o and_o in_o the_o world_n moses_n here_o rell_v we_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o chapter_n to_o be_v 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