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liberty_n in_o the_o bondage_n of_o his_o service_n than_o a_o woman_n in_o the_o freedom_n of_o her_o wedlock_n he_o may_v change_v master_n she_o may_v not_o change_v husband_n while_o her_o first_o husband_n live_v secundae_fw-la nuptiae_fw-la priore_fw-la marito_fw-la vivente_fw-la pollutio_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la for_o if_o she_o take_v a_o other_o husband_n she_o be_v defile_v but_o she_o be_v not_o marry_v if_o then_o he_o which_o marry_v she_o that_o be_v divorce_v commit_v adultery_n why_o do_v beza_n allow_v she_o to_o marry_v his_o answer_n be_v whosoever_o marry_v she_o which_o be_v divorce_v unless_o she_o be_v divorce_v for_o adultery_n commit_v adultery_n by_o marry_v she_o but_o if_o she_o be_v divorce_v for_o adultery_n she_o may_v lawful_o marry_v by_o which_o answer_n do_v but_o vouchsafe_v to_o take_v knowledge_n of_o the_o great_a inconvenience_n which_o shall_v be_v bring_v and_o burden_n which_o shall_v be_v lay_v upon_o a_o christian_a 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than_o this_o 〈◊〉_d fatuum_fw-la fateor_fw-la quem_fw-la calceus_fw-la urget_fw-la et_fw-la uxnor_fw-la if_o a_o man_n shoe_n pinch_v he_o no_o more_o but_o go_v to_o the_o shoemaker_n shop_n and_o buy_v a_o new_a pair_n of_o shoe_n if_o a_o man_n wife_n grieve_v he_o a_o present_a remedy_n to_o go_v to_o the_o church_n &_o marry_v a_o new_a wife_n and_o they_o shall_v the_o question_n be_v who_o shall_v keep_v the_o child_n s._n augustine_n be_v of_o a_o contrary_a judgement_n to_o beza_n 9_o qui_fw-la dicimus_fw-la qui_fw-la mulierem_fw-la praetèr_fw-la fornicationém_fw-la dimissam_fw-la ducit_fw-la maechatur_fw-la non_fw-la ideò_fw-la maechari_fw-la negamus_fw-la qui_fw-la eanducit_fw-la quae_fw-la proptèr_fw-la fornicationem_fw-la dimissa_fw-la est_fw-la uterque_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la maechus_fw-la qui_fw-la ob_fw-la fornicationem_fw-la dimittit_fw-la &_o aliam_fw-la ducit_fw-la &_o etià m_fw-la qui_fw-la citrà _fw-la fornicationem_fw-la dimittit_fw-la &_o aliam_fw-la ducit_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la alter_fw-la maechus_fw-la negatur_fw-la quoniam_fw-la alter_fw-la maechus_fw-la exprimitur_fw-la we_o which_o say_v he_o be_v a_o adulterer_n which_o marry_v she_o which_o be_v divorce_v unless_o she_o be_v divorce_v for_o adultery_n do_v not_o therefore_o deny_v but_o he_o be_v a_o adulterer_n also_o which_o marry_v she_o that_o be_v divorce_v for_o adultery_n for_o they_o be_v both_o adulterer_n whether_o it_o be_v for_o fornication_n or_o not_o if_o they_o marry_v she_o which_o be_v put_v away_o for_o the_o affirmation_n of_o the_o one_o to_o be_v a_o adulterer_n be_v not_o a_o denial_n but_o that_o the_o other_o also_o be_v a_o adulterer_n although_o say_v he_o s._n matthew_n by_o express_v one_o adulterer_n and_o conceal_v the_o other_o have_v make_v it_o hard_o to_o understand_v yet_o other_o evangelist_n speak_v in_o a_o generality_n have_v make_v it_o plain_a that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o both_o because_o mark_n 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their_o divorcement_n whatsoever_o neither_o can_v this_o answer_n of_o beza_n satisfy_v that_o in_o geneva_n adultery_n be_v punish_v with_o death_n and_o so_o all_o controversy_n be_v end_v for_o than_o what_o need_v divorcement_n if_o when_o the_o man_n have_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n for_o adultery_n the_o magistrate_n do_v put_v she_o to_o death_n the_o case_n be_v clear_a he_o may_v marry_v again_o not_o because_o she_o be_v divorce_v but_o because_o she_o be_v dead_a but_o many_o christian_a land_n have_v no_o such_o law_n as_o to_o punish_v adultery_n with_o death_n neither_o be_v christian_n bind_v to_o take_v example_n by_o jew_n and_o turk_n which_o do_v and_o do_v the_o same_o the_o law_n of_o the_o gospel_n have_v impose_v no_o such_o commandment_n upon_o we_o but_o every_o kingdom_n have_v christian_a liberty_n to_o establish_v such_o civil_a law_n as_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o land_n shall_v see_v fit_a for_o the_o state_n to_o bear_v it_o do_v not_o make_v against_o we_o that_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n adultery_n be_v punish_v with_o death_n among_o the_o jew_n no_o more_o than_o that_o by_o the_o jaw_n of_o god_n theft_n be_v not_o punish_v with_o death_n among_o the_o jew_n but_o with_o restitution_n of_o four_o and_o five-folde_a it_o be_v not_o lawful_a among_o the_o jew_n to_o gather_v the_o glayning_n of_o their_o own_o harvest_n 1._o nor_o to_o let_v the_o body_n of_o they_o which_o be_v hang_v to_o hang_v all_o night_n to_o sow_v two_o sort_n of_o grain_n together_o as_o wheat_n and_o rye_n in_o one_o field_n 9_o for_o christian_n these_o thing_n be_v lawful_a 23._o god_n give_v three_o law_n unto_o the_o jew_n one_o moral_n which_o remain_v still_o in_o force_n among_o all_o nation_n the_o second_o ceremonial_a which_o be_v abrogate_a by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n the_o three_o judicial_a for_o civil_a government_n which_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o jew_n only_o but_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n with_o death_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o judicial_a law_n and_o therefore_o bind_v not_o we_o to_o obey_v it_o which_o be_v christian_n but_o s._n hierome_n say_v presbyterum_fw-la omnes_fw-la occasiones_fw-la apostolus_fw-la amputaens_fw-la â—partè_fw-la definit_a viuâ—nte_fw-la viro_fw-la adulteram_fw-la ass_n mulierem_fw-la si_fw-la alteri_fw-la nupserit_fw-la the_o apostle_n prevent_v all_o quâ—â—kes_n and_o evasion_n set_v it_o down_o as_o a_o positive_a doctrine_n that_o what_o woman_n soever_o marry_v while_o her_o first_o husband_n live_v she_o commit_v adultery_n 4._o and_o s._n angustine_n licitè_fw-fr dimittitur_fw-la coniux_fw-la proptèr_fw-la causam_fw-la fornicationis_fw-la sed_fw-la manet_fw-la vinculum_fw-la prioris_fw-la proptèr_fw-la quod_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la adulterii_fw-la qui_fw-la dimissam_fw-la duxerit_fw-la etiam_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la fornicationis_fw-la 47._o a_o woman_n may_v be_v separate_v from_o her_o husband_n for_o fornication_n but_o still_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n and_o he_o which_o marry_v she_o commit_v adultery_n although_o she_o be_v put_v away_o for_o fornication_n in_o so_o great_a a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n of_o our_o side_n we_o may_v bebolde_v notwithstanding_o the_o judgement_n of_o beza_n and_o the_o late_a writer_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n the_o libertine_n of_o our_o age_n now_o live_v give_v a_o prerogative_n in_o this_o case_n to_o the_o man_n above_o the_o woman_n because_o of_o the_o sex_n because_o the_o one_o be_v a_o man_n the_o other_o but_o a_o woman_n as_o if_o the_o one_o may_v marry_v but_o not_o the_o other_o abuse_v the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o their_o own_o damnation_n turn_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n into_o wantonness_n tyrannos_fw-la even_o as_o other_o will_v prove_v rebellion_n and_o high_a treason_n out_o of_o the_o scripture_n that_o the_o people_n be_v above_o their_o king_n out_o of_o the_o scirpture_n so_o will_v they_o take_v liberty_n to_o themselves_o out_o of_o the_o scripture_n to_o maintain_v their_o unclean_a and_o licentious_a life_n as_o that_o the_o man_n may_v put_v away_o the_o woman_n and_o not_o commit_v adultery_n in_o marry_v a_o other_o but_o the_o woman_n may_v not_o do_v the_o like_a because_o say_v they_o the_o man_n may_v have_v many_o wife_n but_o the_o woman_n may_v not_o have_v many_o husband_n their_o proof_n be_v the_o say_n of_o nathan_n to_o david_n 12._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o anoint_v thou_o king_n over_o israel_n deliver_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n give_v thou_o thy_o lord_n house_n and_o thy_o lord_n wife_n into_o thy_o bosom_n and_o if_o that_o have_v not_o be_v enough_o i_o will_v have_v give_v thou_o such_o and_o such_o thing_n why_o then_o have_v thou_o take_v urias_n his_o wife_n innocentius_n the_o three_o make_v answer_v that_o david_n and_o the_o patriarch_n have_v by_o particular_a dispensation_n from_o god_n multitude_n of_o wife_n and_o be_v excuse_v of_o polygamy_n which_o we_o be_v not_o even_o as_o jacob_n tell_v a_o lie_n 27._o 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of_o their_o father_n of_o which_o the_o first_o be_v lamech_v and_o divorcement_n of_o the_o egyptian_n which_o be_v infidel_n the_o four_o this_o toleration_n of_o moses_n be_v not_o in_o regard_n of_o god_n people_n in_o general_a but_o only_o of_o the_o jew_n in_o particular_a which_o can_v not_o by_o any_o argument_n be_v persuade_v to_o renounce_v the_o polygamy_n of_o their_o ancestor_n or_o divorcement_n of_o the_o egyptian_n have_v speak_v of_o the_o analogy_n of_o this_o place_n in_o particular_a to_o show_v that_o the_o purpose_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n be_v to_o disannul_v divorcement_n i_o come_v to_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n in_o general_a to_o show_v what_o faith_n itself_o have_v teach_v we_o to_o believe_v concern_v this_o question_n whosoever_o put_v away_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n which_o word_n give_v i_o occasion_n to_o define_v divorcement_n and_o to_o show_v what_o it_o be_v for_o a_o man_n to_o put_v away_o his_o wife_n in_o which_o definition_n i_o 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as_o adam_n when_o he_o think_v to_o hide_v himself_o from_o god_n in_o the_o thicket_n be_v still_o in_o his_o presence_n and_o as_o jonas_n think_v himself_o safe_a from_o danger_n by_o fly_v to_o tharsis_n when_o he_o be_v most_o in_o jeopardy_n so_o they_o think_v themselves_o innocent_a by_o give_v bill_n of_o divorcement_n when_o they_o live_v in_o adultery_n and_o be_v nocent_a but_o suppose_v that_o to_o be_v which_o can_v be_v i_o will_v define_v divorcement_n out_o of_o the_o scripture_n to_o prove_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o divorcement_n our_o saviour_n say_v who_o god_n have_v join_v let_v no_o man_n separate_v in_o which_o word_n be_v contain_v the_o definition_n of_o divorcement_n divortium_fw-la est_fw-la seperatio_fw-la viri_fw-la &_o coniâ—gis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la humanâ_fw-la qui_fw-la coniuncti_fw-la sunt_fw-la authoritate_fw-la divinâ_fw-la divorcement_n be_v a_o separation_n of_o man_n and_o wife_n by_o the_o law_n of_o man_n which_o be_v join_v together_o 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as_o dinah_n be_v if_o by_o plain_a and_o simple_a oversight_n she_o be_v deceive_v 29._o take_v one_o for_o a_o other_o as_o jacob_n be_v when_o laban_n put_v leah_n in_o his_o bed_n in_o steed_n of_o rachel_n if_o the_o woman_n by_o great_a presumption_n in_o law_n and_o the_o general_a view_n of_o the_o world_n suppose_v her_o husband_n by_o his_o long_a absence_n to_o be_v dead_a do_v by_o public_a allowance_n without_o guilt_n of_o conscience_n marry_v a_o other_o if_o her_o husband_n himself_o be_v consent_v to_o her_o adultery_n as_o sara_n give_v her_o maid_n agar_n to_o lie_v with_o abram_n 16._o for_o than_o it_o be_v his_o fault_n as_o well_o as_o she_o if_o he_o by_o refuse_v to_o accompany_v with_o she_o have_v abuse_v her_o weakness_n and_o so_o give_v her_o occasion_n to_o fall_v he_o can_v with_o a_o good_a conscience_n be_v a_o plaintive_a against_o she_o if_o he_o know_v his_o wife_n to_o be_v incontinent_a do_v bear_v with_o she_o for_o the_o present_a time_n he_o ought_v not_o afterward_o to_o complain_v because_o law_n do_v suppose_v a_o reconciliation_n &_o forgiveness_n of_o the_o crime_n and_o after_o forgiveness_n there_o ought_v to_o be_v no_o punishment_n but_o the_o great_a occasion_n be_v this_o if_o the_o woman_n be_v able_a to_o plead_v compensation_n against_o her_o husband_n 8._o that_o be_v if_o he_o have_v be_v incontinent_a as_o well_o as_o she_o as_o our_o saviour_n write_v with_o his_o finger_n in_o the_o dust_n concern_v the_o woman_n take_v in_o the_o act_n of_o adultery_n he_o which_o will_v throw_v the_o first_o stone_n at_o she_o must_v be_v guiltless_a himself_o 32._o the_o canon_n law_n say_v 6._o nihil_fw-la iniquius_fw-la quam_fw-la fornicationis_fw-la causâ_fw-la dimittere_fw-la vxorem_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la convincitur_fw-la fornicari_fw-la monte_fw-fr occurrit_fw-la enim_fw-la illud_fw-la qui_fw-la alterum_fw-la iudicas_fw-la teipsum_fw-la condemnas_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la quisquis_fw-la vult_fw-la 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rebecca_n himself_o must_v be_v isaac_n he_o which_o will_v have_v his_o wife_n to_o be_v rachel_n himself_o must_v be_v jacob_n he_o which_o will_v have_v his_o wife_n to_o be_v elizabeth_n himself_o must_v be_v zachary_n and_o i_o counsel_v all_o hard-hearted_a husband_n which_o seek_v divorcement_n from_o their_o wife_n to_o consider_v if_o they_o themselves_o have_v not_o be_v some_o occasion_n of_o that_o evil_n which_o they_o lie_v to_o their_o charge_n whether_o compensation_n may_v just_o be_v plead_v against_o they_o or_o not_o and_o to_o remember_v the_o story_n of_o judah_n 3â—_n which_o judge_v his_o daughter_n in_o law_n thamar_n worthy_a of_o death_n for_o play_v the_o harlot_n who_o he_o himself_o have_v defile_v not_o know_v she_o because_o her_o mask_n be_v on_o her_o face_n but_o upon_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o cloak_n a_o staff_n and_o a_o ring_n which_o he_o have_v leave_v with_o she_o confess_v she_o to_o be_v more_o righteous_a than_o himself_o but_o none_o of_o these_o separation_n which_o i_o have_v rehearse_v can_v untie_v the_o knot_n of_o matrimony_n neither_o be_v they_o to_o be_v intend_v to_o continue_v for_o ever_o but_o for_o a_o time_n therefore_o they_o be_v no_o divorcement_n s._n chrysostome_n say_v repudij_fw-la ne_fw-fr mihi_fw-la leges_fw-la ab_fw-la exteris_fw-la conditas_fw-la legas_fw-la praecipientes_fw-la dari_fw-la â—ibellum_fw-la repudij_fw-la &_o devil_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la iuxta_fw-la illas_fw-la iudicaturus_fw-la est_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la in_fw-la illâ_fw-la diè_fw-la quâ_fw-la venturus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la secundùm_fw-la svas_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la statuit_fw-la in_o â—pso_fw-la formationis_fw-la modo_fw-la legem_fw-la induxit_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la nùnc_fw-la scribo_fw-la at_o quaenam_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la utique_fw-la eam_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la vxorem_fw-la seruet_fw-la semper_fw-la quam_fw-la initio_fw-la sortitus_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la lex_fw-la antìquior_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la illa_fw-la dè_fw-la libello_fw-la repudij_fw-la &_o in_o tantùm_fw-la quantùm_fw-la adam_n ipso_fw-la mose_n do_v not_o tell_v i_o of_o man_n new_a law_n concern_v divorcement_n but_o of_o god_n old_a law_n concern_v marriage_n for_o god_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n shall_v not_o judge_v thou_o according_a to_o the_o law_n which_o man_n have_v devise_v but_o according_a to_o that_o which_o his_o self_n have_v command_v but_o the_o positive_a law_n which_o god_n prescribe_v to_o man_n in_o his_o creation_n be_v this_o that_o he_o shall_v during_o life_n cleave_v unto_o that_o wife_n which_o he_o have_v at_o the_o first_o take_v unto_o he_o and_o that_o law_n of_o marriage_n be_v by_o so_o much_o more_o ancient_a than_o this_o of_o divorcement_n as_o innocence_n be_v before_o sin_n and_o adam_n before_o moses_n again_o quemadmodum_fw-la serui_fw-la fugitini_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la domum_fw-la herilem_fw-la relinquant_fw-la catenam_fw-la secum_fw-la habent_fw-la attrahentem_fw-la it_o à _fw-fr &_o mulieres_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la viros_fw-la relinquant_fw-la legem_fw-la habent_fw-la prò_fw-la catenâ_fw-la se_fw-la pâ—rsequentem_fw-la &_o adulterii_fw-la accusantem_fw-la accusantem_fw-la etiam_fw-la recipientes_fw-la as_o when_o a_o servant_n run_v from_o his_o m._n the_o chain_n of_o bondage_n do_v pursue_v he_o and_o bring_v he_o back_o again_o to_o his_o master_n so_o when_o a_o woman_n leave_v her_o husband_n the_o law_n of_o matrimony_n be_v as_o a_o chain_n to_o draw_v she_o back_o again_o to_o her_o husband_n to_o lay_v adultery_n to_o her_o charge_n for_o her_o departure_n and_o adultery_n to_o their_o charge_n which_o shall_v receive_v she_o in_o which_o word_n he_o speak_v plain_o it_o be_v adultery_n for_o man_n and_o wife_n to_o depart_v and_o it_o be_v adultery_n for_o they_o to_o marry_v again_o moreover_o mulier_fw-la quam_fw-la diu_fw-la vixerit_fw-la maritus_fw-la subdita_fw-la est_fw-la legi_fw-la quae_fw-la autèm_fw-la subdita_fw-la est_fw-la legi_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la millies_fw-la libellum_fw-la repudij_fw-la det_fw-la adulterii_fw-la ligabitur_fw-la lege_fw-la the_o woman_n be_v bind_v by_o the_o law_n to_o the_o man_n while_o he_o live_v but_o she_o which_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v a_o adultress_n by_o the_o law_n if_o she_o leave_v her_o husband_n notwithstanding_o a_o thousand_o bill_n of_o divorcement_n concern_v the_o second_o proposition_n that_o he_o which_o have_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n can_v marry_v no_o other_o while_o she_o live_v the_o second_o follow_v the_o first_o as_o a_o necessary_a consequent_a because_o a_o man_n can_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n he_o can_v marry_v a_o other_o for_o numerosum_fw-la coniugium_fw-la multitude_n of_o wife_n be_v not_o permit_v no_o man_n may_v be_v the_o husband_n of_o two_o wife_n the_o ground_n be_v lay_v down_o already_o in_o the_o handle_n of_o the_o first_o proposition_n so_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v sufficient_a in_o the_o second_o to_o answer_v the_o reason_n of_o they_o which_o maintain_v contrary_a doctrine_n and_o because_o in_o so_o short_a a_o scantling_n i_o can_v touch_v they_o all_o i_o will_v speak_v of_o some_o the_o difference_n of_o opinion_n which_o they_o hold_v be_v these_o some_o that_o the_o man_n by_o privilege_n of_o his_o sex_n may_v marry_v again_o but_o the_o woman_n may_v not_o other_o that_o the_o party_n innocent_a may_v marry_v but_o the_o nocent_a may_v not_o of_o which_o i_o shall_v have_v fit_a occasion_n to_o speak_v when_o i_o come_v to_o the_o three_o proposition_n and_o in_o the_o handle_n of_o this_o proposition_n i_o will_v answer_v beza_n which_o allege_v 7._o divortio_fw-la reason_n why_o a_o man_n may_v divorce_v his_o wife_n for_o incontinency_n &_o that_o after_o divorcement_n be_v grant_v both_o the_o man_n and_o the_o woman_n the_o offend_a and_o the_o offendor_n may_v marry_v again_o his_o first_o argument_n be_v this_o christ_n be_v ask_v what_o he_o hold_v concern_v that_o divorcement_n which_o in_o his_o day_n be_v in_o use_n &_o practice_v among_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v not_o only_o a_o separation_n from_o bed_n and_o board_n but_o also_o a_o dissolution_n of_o the_o knot_n of_o marriage_n that_o