but_o by_o death_n or_o adultery_n and_o therefore_o also_o prohibit_v digamy_n and_o polygamy_n there_o be_v express_a mention_n make_v of_o two_o only_a and_o of_o no_o more_o in_o this_o marriage-conjunction_n one_o man_n and_o two_o or_o more_o wife_n can_v be_v one_o flesh_n for_o the_o flesh_n of_o one_o be_v not_o the_o flesh_n of_o another_o and_o the_o flesh_n of_o man_n be_v divide_v between_o two_o or_o more_o wife_n neither_o can_v this_o close_a union_n be_v between_o more_o than_o two_o the_o man_n can_v give_v himself_o alike_o unto_o more_o than_o unto_o one_o in_o this_o case_n those_o two_o who_o before_o the_o matrimonial_a covenant_n be_v natural_o two_o be_v now_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o god_n law_n moral_o one_o conjugal_o one_o no_o man_n therefore_o may_v separate_v they_o or_o unjoyn_v or_o unyoke_v or_o disunite_v they_o 6._o man_n be_v without_o a_o article_n neither_o the_o husband_n nor_o the_o wife_n neither_o their_o civil_a judge_n nor_o plead_a 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