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concern_v matrimony_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n it_o due_o be_v esteem_v a_o divine_a not_o humane_a ordinance_n and_o have_v thus_o explain_v this_o second_o general_n for_o far_a confirmation_n of_o it_o let_v it_o be_v consider_v first_o that_o this_o be_v the_o constant_a doctrine_n of_o the_o ancient_a heathen_n for_o 176._o for_o append._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-la joh._n leanclavio_n edit_n p_o 176._o manuel_n comnenus_n tell_v we_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o ancient_n teach_v that_o regal_a power_n be_v divine_a 96._o divine_a theogn_n v._o 96._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n be_v from_o god_n say_v hesiod_n 197._o hesiod_n two_o b.u._n 197._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o honour_n spring_v from_o he_o say_v homer_n their_o sceptre_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o jove_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o they_o he_o have_v commit_v his_o own_o government_n say_v 〈◊〉_d say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o 80._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d callimachus_n whence_o they_o be_v often_o style_v the_o son_n of_o jove_n not_o as_o derive_v their_o original_a but_o kingly_a honour_n from_o he_o say_v 738._o say_v in_o locum_fw-la jam_fw-la citatum_fw-la er_fw-mi in_o il._n â—_o p._n 738._o eustachius_n their_o sceptre_n and_o their_o jurisdiction_n the_o regal_a power_n say_v plutarch_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ministry_n of_o god_n god_n say_v humanitate_fw-la say_v orat._n 5._o the_o imp_n theod._n humanitate_fw-la themistius_n send_v it_o from_o heaven_n to_o the_o earth_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v regno_fw-la say_v apud_fw-la synes_n orat_fw-la de_fw-fr regno_fw-la plato_n he_o who_o exert_v it_o bear_v god_n image_n say_v trajanum_fw-la say_v apud_fw-la stob._n ser._n 46._o orat_fw-la 3._o de_fw-la regno_fw-la ad_fw-la trajanum_fw-la diotogenes_n and_o dio_n chrysostome_n do_v
bethel_n be_v set_v up_o to_o be_v worship_v 17.16_o 2_o king_n 17.16_o that_o they_o leave_v all_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o make_v they_o melt_a image_n even_o two_o calf_n that_o jereboam_n cast_v out_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o lord_n 13.9_o 2_o chron._n 13.9_o the_o sâ—ns_n of_o aaron_n and_o the_o levite_n and_o make_v they_o priest_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o nation_n of_o other_o land_n that_o he_o drive_v israel_n from_o serve_v the_o lord_n 15.17_o 2_o king_n 17.21_o 2_o chr._n xi_o 14_o 16._o 1_o king_n 15.17_o and_o make_v they_o sin_v a_o great_a sin_n and_o cause_v all_o those_o who_o set_v their_o heart_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n to_o desert_n their_o habitation_n that_o beasha_n king_n of_o israel_n build_v ramah_n that_o he_o may_v not_o suffer_v any_o to_o go_v out_o or_o to_o come_v in_o to_o asa_n king_n of_o judah_n to_o worship_n god_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n second_o we_o know_v that_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n i.e._n the_o law_n of_o moses_n establish_v not_o only_o by_o consent_n and_o covenant_n of_o all_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n but_o also_o by_o the_o prescript_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o great_a god_n of_o heaven_n god_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o they_o which_o never_o can_v be_v disannul_v by_o any_o law_n of_o man_n and_o charge_v they_o say_v you_o shall_v not_o fear_v other_o god_n 17.35_o 2_o king_n 17.35_o nor_o bow_v yourselves_o to_o they_o nor_o serve_v they_o yet_o the_o ten_o tribe_n continue_v this_o idolatrous_a worship_n till_o they_o be_v carry_v captive_a 12._o 2_o king_n 18.11_o 12._o for_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n do_v carry_v away_o israel_n into_o assyria_n because_o they_o obey_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n but_o transgress_v his_o covenant_n and_o all_o that_o moses_n the_o servant_n of_o the_o lord_n command_v and_o will_v not_o hear_v they_o nor_o do_v they_o three_o observe_v that_o god_n send_v many_o prophet_n to_o warn_v both_o jeroboam_n 13.14.7_o 1_o king_n 13.14.7_o and_o his_o people_n of_o this_o great_a defection_n from_o he_o and_o to_o denounce_v his_o heavy_a judgement_n against_o he_o and_o his_o successor_n in_o that_o kingdom_n for_o it_o for_o the_o lord_n testify_v against_o israel_n and_o against_o judah_n by_o all_o the_o prophet_n 17.13_o 2_o king_n 17.13_o and_o by_o all_o the_o seer_n say_v turn_v you_o from_o your_o evil_a way_n and_o keep_v my_o commandment_n and_o my_o statute_n according_a to_o all_o the_o law_n that_o i_o command_v your_o father_n that_o in_o his_o providence_n he_o frequent_o chastise_v they_o for_o it_o 1._o 29.17.2_o 2_o chr._n 13.17_o 1_o king_n 15.27_o 29.17.2_o by_o abijah_n king_n of_o judah_n who_o slay_v 500000_o of_o jeroboam_n man_n 2_o by_o baasha_n the_o son_n of_o ahijah_n who_o conspire_v against_o nadab_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_n and_o smite_v all_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n 3._o by_o the_o dearth_n foretell_v by_o elijah_n 4._o by_o the_o very_a bitter_a affliction_n which_o befall_v they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o jehu_n 10.32_o 2_o king_n 10.32_o for_o in_o those_o day_n the_o lord_n begin_v to_o cut_v israel_n short_a and_o hazael_n smite_v they_o in_o all_o the_o coast_n of_o israel_n and_o in_o the_o day_n of_o jeroboam_n the_o son_n of_o joash_n when_o they_o be_v few_o 15.29.17.6_o 2_o king_n 14.26_o vide_fw-la 70_o interp_v 2_o king_n 15.29.17.6_o shut_v up_o and_o have_v no_o helper_n and_o last_o by_o deliver_v they_o up_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o tiglath_n pileser_n and_o shalmaneser_n king_n of_o assyria_n but_o all_o this_o while_n we_o never_o find_v that_o any_o of_o god_n prophet_n utter_v the_o least_o word_n for_o the_o encouragement_n of_o any_o of_o their_o subject_n to_o rebel_v against_o they_o upon_o this_o account_n or_o to_o engage_v they_o to_o sight_n for_o the_o religion_n establish_v in_o their_o kingdom_n and_o make_v the_o national_a religion_n by_o the_o unalterable_a law_n of_o god_n or_o to_o rise_v up_o in_o arm_n because_o they_o be_v not_o suffer_v to_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o worship_n as_o god_n have_v command_v and_o as_o they_o have_v covenant_v they_o never_o mind_v they_o that_o jeroboam_n when_o he_o come_v unto_o the_o crown_n 69._o jul._n p._n 69._o find_v they_o in_o full_a and_o quiet_a possession_n of_o their_o religion_n which_o be_v a_o blessing_n so_o inestimable_a that_o they_o shall_v plain_o undervalue_v it_o if_o they_o do_v not_o do_v their_o utmost_a to_o keep_v it_o that_o he_o seduce_v they_o from_o it_o in_o a_o illegal_a way_n against_o a_o precept_n of_o their_o decalogue_n and_o do_v it_o only_o by_o a_o pretence_n that_o the_o two_o calf_n he_o have_v set_v up_o in_o dan_n and_o bethel_n 12.24_o 1_o king_n 12.24_o be_v the_o god_n that_o bring_v they_o up_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o 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