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be_v the_o rule_n and_o voice_n of_o nature_n reason_n 2_o quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la alteri_fw-la ne_fw-la feceris_fw-la to_o condemn_v man_n not_o only_o as_o irreligious_a use_v 1_o and_o void_a of_o piety_n and_o godliness_n but_o as_o beastly_a and_o unnatural_a man_n and_o void_a of_o humanity_n who_o injure_v and_o wrong_v transgress_v against_o other_o and_o oppress_v they_o i_o mean_v not_o such_o as_o may_v sometime_o do_v it_o carry_v by_o passion_n or_o affection_n in_o ignorance_n and_o want_n of_o information_n but_o i_o speak_v of_o such_o as_o live_v in_o it_o and_o to_o satisfy_v their_o own_o lust_n and_o desire_n care_v not_o who_o they_o wrong_v &_o injure_v they_o will_v despise_v defraud_n deceive_v and_o oppress_v any_o in_o buy_v and_o sell_v in_o let_v or_o set_v by_o manifest_a usury_n and_o other_o oppression_n all_o be_v fish_n that_o come_v to_o net_n with_o they_o of_o such_o i_o speak_v and_o how_o rich_a soever_o they_o may_v grow_v or_o be_v whatsoever_o otherwise_o yet_o be_v they_o unnatural_a man_n and_o void_a of_o humanity_n and_o may_v reprove_v they_o as_o the_o apostle_n the_o corinthian_n 1_o cor._n 11.14_o so_o do_v not_o nature_n teach_v that_o if_o any_o man_n injure_v other_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n unto_o he_o it_o be_v against_o the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n and_o though_o there_o be_v no_o word_n of_o god_n neither_o law_n nor_o prophet_n nothing_o that_o may_v reprove_v they_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o minister_n which_o they_o now_o spurn_v against_o and_o can_v be_v content_a there_o be_v none_o that_o they_o may_v sin_v without_o controlment_n yet_o shall_v they_o not_o without_o condemnation_n for_o even_o that_o rom._n 2.12_o will_v here_o have_v place_n and_o shall_v condemn_v they_o by_o the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n and_o now_o double_a condemn_v they_o because_o the_o light_n of_o the_o word_n have_v shine_v in_o a_o dark_a place_n and_o they_o have_v love_v darkness_n more_o than_o light_n to_o teach_v every_o man_n use_v 2_o that_o if_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o to_o bind_v he_o to_o do_v good_a to_o other_o or_o avoid_v the_o hurt_v of_o other_o yet_o nature_n ought_v and_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v thus_o a_o law_n to_o himself_o though_o he_o have_v no_o write_a word_n from_o god_n whether_o he_o be_v a_o husband_n or_o parent_n or_o master_n or_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la or_o a_o private_a man_n nature_n and_o humanity_n ought_v to_o keep_v he_o from_o the_o one_o and_o hold_v he_o to_o the_o other_o 20._o other_o omnia_fw-la animalia_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la munimentis_fw-la providentia_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la armavit_fw-la homo_fw-la accepit_fw-la proistis_fw-la miserationis_fw-la affectum_fw-la qui_fw-la plane_n voco_fw-la humanitas_fw-la qua_fw-la nosmet_fw-la inuicem_fw-la tueremur_fw-la lactant._n de_fw-fr falsa_fw-la â—â—pientia_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 20._o the_o heavenly_a providence_n have_v arm_v all_o beast_n with_o natural_a defence_n but_o man_n in_o stead_n of_o they_o have_v the_o affection_n of_o pity_n which_o be_v call_v humanity_n by_o which_o we_o be_v defend_v this_o very_a thing_n ought_v then_o to_o bind_v man_n it_o be_v hard_a from_o many_o man_n when_o they_o reprove_v other_o for_o transgress_v and_o injure_v other_o it_o be_v not_o for_o your_o profession_n it_o do_v not_o become_v a_o man_n of_o that_o zeal_n and_o profession_n as_o you_o do_v if_o they_o speak_v it_o that_o they_o be_v more_o bind_v it_o be_v true_a but_o if_o to_o excuse_v themselves_o or_o other_o as_o if_o it_o be_v little_a or_o no_o sin_n in_o they_o than_o it_o be_v their_o corruption_n and_o be_v false_a for_o wherein_o do_v their_o profession_n bind_v they_o which_o nature_n itself_o and_o humanity_n bind_v they_o not_o to_o do_v or_o from_o do_v undoubted_o in_o nothing_o though_o it_o bind_v more_o he_o be_v as_o well_o bind_v that_o be_v bind_v in_o a_o single_a bond_n as_o he_o who_o be_v tie_v in_o a_o double_a both_o be_v bind_v 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so_o long_o for_o we_o use_v to_o weigh_v more_o those_o thing_n we_o write_v than_o those_o we_o speak_v second_o that_o if_o he_o put_v she_o away_o he_o be_v not_o allow_v atall_a to_o take_v she_o again_o and_o therefore_o to_o make_v he_o not_o to_o do_v it_o but_o advise_o when_o happy_o upon_o second_o thought_n he_o will_v not_o do_v it_o three_o if_o he_o give_v she_o a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n it_o must_v express_v the_o cause_n why_o he_o do_v it_o clear_v she_o that_o it_o be_v not_o for_o adultery_n and_o accuse_v himself_o that_o it_o be_v for_o some_o other_o slight_a cause_n which_o he_o ought_v and_o will_v if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o love_n in_o he_o at_o all_o have_v cover_v all_o which_o show_v that_o god_n do_v it_o for_o their_o infirmity_n and_o will_v have_v restrain_v they_o from_o it_o by_o this_o mean_n and_o that_o he_o grant_v unto_o they_o be_v only_o judicial_a that_o be_v so_o much_o as_o may_v free_v they_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o magistrate_n that_o they_o be_v not_o punishable_a by_o he_o but_o not_o that_o which_o make_v it_o no_o sin_n against_o the_o law_n moral_n and_o before_o he_o they_o be_v only_o free_v in_o fore_n civili_fw-la non_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la it_o be_v like_a to_o our_o law_n of_o usury_n which_o free_v man_n from_o punishment_n of_o the_o law_n if_o they_o take_v not_o above_o such_o a_o sum_n but_o free_v they_o not_o from_o sin_n before_o god_n provide_v for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o borrower_n both_o that_o they_o may_v borrow_v and_o when_o they_o do_v not_o be_v too_o much_o oppress_v but_o so_o he_o that_o lend_v be_v a_o usurer_n and_o so_o a_o thief_n before_o god_n so_o in_o this_o for_o the_o lord_n as_o a_o wise_a lawgiver_n in_o his_o judicial_a law_n permit_v in_o a_o civil_a respect_n some_o thing_n evil_a in_o themselves_o for_o the_o avoid_n of_o a_o great_a mischief_n not_o to_o allow_v or_o justify_v the_o same_o from_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n as_o before_o he_o in_o the_o court_n 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not_o of_o a_o divorce_n but_o of_o a_o disertion_n not_o of_o put_v away_o the_o wife_n for_o any_o fault_n of_o she_o but_o when_o she_o forsake_v the_o husband_n for_o the_o faith_n and_o piety_n that_o be_v in_o he_o and_o so_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la for_o the_o apostle_n only_o say_v if_o the_o unbelieved_a depart_n let_v he_o depart_v but_o allow_v not_o the_o believer_n in_o any_o sort_n to_o put_v away_o the_o unbeliever_n nay_o command_v he_o to_o live_v with_o she_o if_o she_o will_v abide_v with_o he_o and_o so_o only_o enjoin_v he_o to_o suffer_v a_o disertion_n not_o to_o make_v a_o divorce_n and_o so_o this_o establish_v no_o other_o cause_n again_o they_o say_v if_o for_o adultery_n then_o much_o more_o for_o crime_n great_a than_o it_o and_o so_o there_o be_v more_o cause_n of_o divorce_n this_o will_v be_v answer_v out_o of_o the_o former_a for_o if_o the_o apostle_n allow_v not_o for_o infidelity_n than_o not_o for_o great_a for_o that_o be_v sure_a far_o great_a and_o 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his_o wage_n which_o by_o agreement_n be_v to_o arise_v from_o the_o lamb_n that_o be_v yean_a which_o in_o mesopotamia_n which_o be_v the_o country_n where_o jacob_n keep_v laban_n flock_n yean_a twice_o a_o year_n but_o laban_n partly_o through_o covetousness_n and_o partly_o through_o envy_n at_o jacobs_n thrive_a may_v haply_o every_o half_a year_n be_v alter_v the_o agreement_n which_o be_v s._n augustine_n conjecture_n and_o be_v follow_v by_o junius_n and_o pareus_n though_o they_o follow_v not_o his_o mistake_n occasion_v by_o the_o septuagint_n in_o read_v the_o place_n thou_o have_v deceive_v i_o of_o my_o wage_n in_o ten_o lamb_n of_o which_o see_v sixt._n amama_n in_o his_o antibarb_n biblic_a pag._n 427_o 428_o who_o censure_v both_o the_o read_n and_o the_o interpretation_n but_o to_o i_o what_o ever_o become_v of_o the_o read_n yet_o it_o seem_v the_o interpretation_n may_v stand_v good_a this_o sin_n cry_v in_o the_o ear_n of_o god_n jam._n 5.4_o and_o have_v a_o woe_n 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