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be_v a_o naked_a knowledge_n without_o experience_n and_o practice_v psal._n 117._o rom._n 1.5_o man_n ordinance_n must_v only_o serve_v for_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o body_n &_o not_o to_o bind_v the_o conscience_n john_n 12._o phil._n 3._o satan_n prerogative_n rom._n 7._o philip._n 3._o if_o we_o will_v be_v partaker_n of_o his_o glory_n we_o must_v be_v also_o partaker_n of_o his_o suffering_n 1._o pet._n 4._o john_n 16._o psal._n 137._o the_o argument_n of_o the_o psalm_n aristotle_n and_o other_o how_o and_o wherein_o they_o err_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o the_o good_a government_n of_o common_a wealth_n and_o family_n demosthenes_n cicero_n julius_n caesar_n the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o true_a government_n of_o conmon_a wealth_n &_o household_n the_o abuse_n of_o matrimony_n and_o household_n government_n the_o burden_n of_o matrimony_n be_v infinite_a the_o papist_n do_v condemn_v civil_a government_n &_o matrimony_n as_o worldly_a kind_n of_o life_n mark._n 6.20_o the_o idle_a belly_a monk_n will_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o civil_a or_o household_n affair_n the_o monk_n can_v neither_o teach_v nor_o comfort_v man_n in_o their_o necessity_n naaman_n syrus_n proverb_n 16._o jerem._n 10._o doctrine_n concern_v civil_a &_o household_n government_n this_o psalm_n contain_v the_o sum_n and_o effect_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o ecclesiastes_n of_o solomon_n eccle._n 2.12_o the_o final_a cause_n of_o civil_a and_o household_n government_n many_o wise_a and_o politic_a governor_n deserve_v well_o of_o the_o common_a wealth_n have_v be_v evil_o use_v condemn_a and_o cast_v into_o exile_n we_o must_v walk_v in_o the_o mid_n way_n and_o keep_v a_o mean_a they_o that_o enter_v into_o any_o public_a office_n or_o into_o matrimony_n must_v begin_v with_o invocation_n and_o call_n upon_o god._n godly_a magistrate_n and_o marry_a folk_n how_o they_o ought_v to_o use_v themselves_o the_o principal_a master_n of_o the_o household_n &_o 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