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cast_v such_o a_o one_o birth_n into_o his_o dish_n or_o into_o his_o tooth_n because_o never_o in_o his_o power_n to_o help_v it_o and_o i_o shall_v exhort_v such_o who_o be_v so_o base_a bear_v to_o endeavour_v to_o be_v bear_v again_o and_o then_o they_o be_v true_o noble_a and_o honourable_a the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o coheir_n with_o jeptha_n the_o saint_n of_o the_o lord_n chap._n ix_o of_o second_o marriage_n and_o of_o the_o qualification_n of_o minister_n or_o priest_n wife_n of_o old_z they_o be_v account_v bigamist_n or_o digamist_n who_o have_v two_o wife_n not_o only_o at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n but_o successive_o one_o after_o another_o and_o such_o be_v enjoin_v penance_n by_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n and_o neo-caesarea_n and_o by_o the_o latter_a council_n a_o presbyter_n be_v forbid_v to_o be_v present_a at_o the_o wedding-feast_n lest_o he_o shall_v seem_v to_o consent_v to_o such_o marriage_n and_o bigamist_n be_v not_o receive_v to_o the_o 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