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who_o have_v god_n to_o be_v his_o guardian_n and_o they_o shall_v call_v they_o the_o second_o thing_n that_o god_n theaten_v be_v shame_n to_o their_o destruction_n reproach_n and_o disgrace_n from_o other_o nation_n and_o people_n scorn_n and_o contempt_n express_v how_o great_a their_o misery_n shall_v be_v when_o as_o for_o it_o they_o shall_v become_v a_o by_o word_n to_o other_o people_n and_o nation_n they_o shall_v call_v they_o that_o be_v other_o nation_n that_o live_v about_o they_o or_o pass_v by_o they_o or_o hear_v of_o they_o shall_v take_v as_o it_o be_v this_o parable_n against_o they_o and_o say_v this_o mountain_n of_o seir_n be_v a_o border_n of_o wickedness_n a_o region_n who_o god_n have_v curse_v for_o their_o sin_n and_o lay_v waist_n for_o their_o iniquity_n this_o destruction_n be_v not_o come_v unto_o they_o by_o chance_n or_o natural_a and_o humane_a revolution_n and_o course_n of_o thing_n but_o for_o their_o wickedness_n and_o impious_a manner_n have_v 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their_o god_n and_o worship_v other_o god_n and_o serve_v they_o reas_n because_o though_o it_o be_v read_v that_o he_o afflict_v particular_a man_n for_o some_o other_o respect_n as_o for_o the_o trial_n of_o their_o faith_n the_o manifestation_n of_o their_o grace_n the_o glorify_v of_o himself_o sometime_o for_o prevent_v of_o sin_n and_o show_v they_o be_v but_o man_n though_o great_a thing_n be_v do_v by_o they_o as_o he_o do_v job_n the_o blind_a man_n and_o the_o apostle_n yet_o be_v it_o never_o read_v that_o he_o afflict_v a_o general_a land_n but_o for_o sin_n and_o iniquity_n or_o a_o state_n general_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o and_o the_o whole_a be_v because_o general_a judgement_n come_v upon_o the_o multitude_n who_o be_v ever_o wicked_a who_o have_v be_v a_o long_a time_n spare_v for_o the_o good_a who_o now_o be_v either_o take_v away_o or_o entangle_v with_o their_o sin_n that_o be_v remove_v which_o hinder_v and_o so_o the_o wrath_n come_v upon_o they_o then_o 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heavy_a etc._n etc._n isa_n 1.5_o 6._o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o such_o have_v be_v the_o state_n and_o time_n cover_v with_o iniquity_n for_o wise_a physician_n do_v not_o administer_v physic_n for_o the_o whole_a when_o one_o part_n only_o be_v ill_o affect_v nor_o just_a magistrate_n do_v not_o shake_v or_o smite_v all_o with_o the_o sword_n when_o a_o few_o have_v offend_v much_o less_o will_v god_n only_o wise_a and_o the_o most_o righteous_a judge_n destroy_v the_o righteous_a with_o the_o wicked_a send_v a_o general_a judgement_n when_o but_o a_o few_o have_v deserve_v it_o one_o man_n sin_n may_v be_v a_o occasion_n of_o it_o but_o the_o merit_n be_v general_a as_o in_o david_n and_o his_o people_n 2_o sam._n 24.1_o use_v 2_o if_o other_o passenger_n looker_n on_o may_v thus_o gather_v what_o may_v those_o who_o suffer_v themselves_o how_o may_v they_o gather_v their_o sin_n and_o his_o wrath_n that_o their_o sin_n be_v many_o and_o their_o fall_n away_o general_a 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gen._n 28._o but_o what_o if_o he_o upon_o some_o sinister_a respect_n defer_v and_o pass_v the_o flower_n of_o her_o age_n i_o answer_v then_o have_v god_n ordain_v the_o magistrate_n as_o for_o their_o punishment_n so_o for_o their_o relief_n who_o be_v not_o to_o be_v seek_v to_o but_o when_o most_o urgent_a necessity_n require_v when_o the_o opposition_n stand_v betwixt_o marriage_n and_o burn_a because_o that_o reveal_v the_o father_n fault_n and_o betray_v he_o or_o her_o infirmity_n but_o what_o if_o he_o tender_v a_o match_n out_o of_o the_o church_n a_o papist_n or_o such_o like_a then_o must_v the_o child_n refuse_v with_o reverence_n not_o dispose_v of_o himself_o for_o as_o it_o be_v sin_n to_o yield_v so_o the_o other_o be_v sin_n to_o make_v choice_n of_o himself_o but_o what_o if_o another_o that_o be_v not_o so_o religious_a and_o so_o fervent_a a_o lover_n of_o the_o truth_n as_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v no_o direct_a denial_n be_v lawful_a but_o a_o wise_a delay_n and_o 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be_v that_o whole_a age_n of_o adolescence_n or_o youth_n from_o infancy_n till_o the_o 25_o year_n the_o wife_n the_o lxx_o every_o where_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o woman_n we_o render_v it_o here_o wife_n and_o that_o right_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o woman_n when_o a_o genitive_a follow_v be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v here_o and_o present_o after_o and_o then_o it_o constant_o signify_v a_o woman_n a_o wife_n and_o it_o be_v so_o write_v once_o psalm_n 58.9_o though_o not_o in_o construction_n against_o who_o thou_o have_v deal_v treacherous_o the_o geneva_n transgress_v the_o chald._n lie_v montan._n praevaricate_v deal_v cunning_o and_o false_o the_o lxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leave_v or_o forsake_v that_o be_v treacherous_o for_o another_o yet_o be_v she_o thy_o companion_n vulg._n thy_o partner_n pagn_n thy_o fellow_n the_o tigur_n thy_o consort_n the_o name_n as_o menochius_fw-la observe_v by_o which_o the_o 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the_o latin_n speak_v as_o virgil_n eclog._n 3._o non_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la vidi_n damonis_n pessime_fw-la caprum_fw-la excipere_fw-la insidiis_fw-la non_fw-fr for_o nun_n but_o beside_o the_o various_a interpretation_n of_o this_o have_v make_v the_o place_n very_o obscure_a the_o vulg._n do_v not_o one_o thus_o pagnin_n bold_o insert_v abraham_n here_o do_v not_o one_o abraham_n thus_o as_o you_o do_v montan._n in_o his_o correction_n of_o pagnin_n leave_v out_o abraham_n yet_o seem_v to_o understand_v it_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n so_o do_v vatablus_n hence_o many_o stumble_n at_o this_o stone_n interpret_v it_o as_o a_o prevention_n of_o a_o objection_n that_o they_o may_v make_v for_o their_o own_o excuse_n that_o they_o do_v but_o as_o abraham_n do_v who_o have_v sarah_n to_o his_o wife_n yet_o he_o take_v hagar_n also_o but_o abraham_n do_v it_o have_v a_o excellent_a spirit_n and_o know_v what_o he_o do_v expect_v the_o promise_n of_o god_n concern_v a_o bless_a seed_n 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unity_n in_o marriage_n be_v not_o to_o be_v infringe_v this_o sense_n also_o menochius_fw-la give_v though_o the_o translation_n that_o he_o be_v tie_v unto_o will_v not_o yield_v it_o yet_o have_v he_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o spirit_n or_o the_o excellence_n so_o our_o margin_n but_o i_o be_o not_o satisfy_v why_o our_o most_o learned_a translator_n have_v put_v it_o in_o for_o i_o find_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o signification_n yet_o i_o will_v not_o conceal_v that_o the_o tigurine_a vatabl._n and_o pagn_n so_o translate_v it_o and_o not_o only_o a_o lapide_fw-la but_o conrade_n kircher_n in_o his_o greek_a concordance_n who_o in_o the_o root_n usual_o follow_v forster_n but_o in_o this_o sanct._n pagn_n at_o the_o root_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tell_v we_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v both_o remainder_n or_o residue_n and_o excellency_n however_o the_o text_n read_v of_o our_o last_o translation_n be_v here_o as_o for_o aught_o i_o 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marriage_n see_v canon_n aelfrici_fw-la can_v 9_o apud_fw-la spelman_n cone_n p._n 574._o but_o whether_o it_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o council_n neocaesar_n quote_v by_o gratian._n cause_n 31._o qu._n 1._o de_fw-fr his_o qui_fw-fr frequenter_a let_v the_o reader_n compare_v the_o place_n with_o the_o gloss_n at_o the_o letter_n m_o and_z o_fw-mi and_o judge_v and_o 2._o that_o they_o put_v bigamy_n even_o successive_a bigamy_n among_o irregularity_n as_o it_o to_o be_v see_v in_o their_o casuist_n and_o canonist_n see_v excerptiones_fw-la egberti_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n dom._n 750._o excerp_v 32._o and_o 89._o apud_fw-la d._n h._n spelm._n in_o conc._n pambrit_fw-mi p._n 261._o the_o reason_n such_o as_o it_o be_v we_o have_v in_o pet._n damian_n a_o devout_a author_n in_o a_o most_o corrupt_a time_n lib._n cvi_fw-la titulus_fw-la dominus_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la cap._n 12._o apud_fw-la joh._n cochlaei_n speculum_fw-la p._n 156._o who_o yet_o speak_v of_o it_o with_o a_o 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