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even_o as_o their_o own_o body_n the_o apostle_n yet_o more_o manifest_o declare_v and_o show_v the_o manner_n of_o love_v our_o wife_n have_v a_o eye_n to_o the_o first_o couple_n that_o ever_o be_v marry_v even_o adam_n and_o eue._n when_o adam_n wife_n be_v bring_v unto_o he_o he_o say_v hoc_fw-la nunc_fw-la os_fw-la de_fw-la ossibus_fw-la meis_fw-la &_o caro_fw-la de_fw-la carne_fw-la mea_fw-la this_o now_o be_v bone_n of_o my_o bone_n 23._o and_o flesh_n of_o my_o flesh_n and_o therefore_o of_o adam_n rib_n the_o lord_n make_v the_o woman_n that_o thereby_o he_o may_v represent_v his_o church_n and_o also_o show_v of_o what_o mind_n husband_n and_o wife_n ought_v to_o be_v either_o to_o other_o in_o holy_a matrimony_n for_o the_o husband_n and_o the_o wife_n be_v as_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o flesh_n that_o be_v to_o say_v one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o body_n upon_o this_o ground_n saint_n paul_n build_v this_o reason_n no_o man_n ever_o yet_o hate_v his_o own_o flesh_n but_o the_o wife_n be_v one_o flesh_n or_o one_o body_n with_o her_o husband_n ergo_fw-la husband_n ought_v to_o love_v their_o own_o wife_n as_o their_o own_o flesh_n and_o body_n verse_n 28._o 29._o 30._o 31._o 28_o he_o that_o love_v his_o wife_n love_v himself_o 29_o for_o no_o man_n ever_o yet_o hate_v his_o own_o flesh_n but_o nourish_v and_o cherish_v it_o even_o as_o the_o lord_n do_v the_o church_n 30_o for_o we_o be_v member_n of_o his_o body_n of_o his_o flesh_n and_o of_o his_o bone_n 31_o for_o this_o cause_n shall_v a_o man_n leave_v father_n and_o mother_n and_o shall_v cleave_v to_o his_o wife_n &_o they_o twain_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n he_o that_o love_v his_o wife_n love_v himself_o for_o no_o man_n ever_o yet_o have_v hate_v his_o own_o flesh_n but_o nourish_v and_o cherish_v the_o same_o even_o as_o the_o lord_n do_v the_o church_n because_o we_o be_v member_n of_o his_o body_n of_o his_o flesh_n and_o of_o his_o bone_n for_o this_o thing_n sake_n 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