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thing_n which_o he_o command_v not_o he_o suffer_v abraham_n to_o say_v that_o sarah_n his_o wife_n be_v his_o sister_n joseph_n to_o 11_o gen._n 11._o gen._n 44._o â—_o sam_n 11_o swear_v by_o the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n david_n to_o commit_v adultery_n and_o murder_n and_o many_o other_o the_o like_a and_o yet_o we_o know_v that_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o solomon_n have_v many_o wyve_n indeed_o 11._o 1._o king_n 11._o but_o they_o draw_v he_o to_o idolatry_n we_o read_v that_o moses_n suffer_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n to_o give_v their_o wyve_n 24._o deut._fw-la 24._o a_o bill_n of_o divorcement_n and_o so_o to_o put_v they_o away_o but_o our_o bless_a saviour_n tell_v the_o jew_n that_o it_o be_v for_o the_o hardness_n of_o their_o heart_n and_o to_o prevent_v far_a evil_n that_o moses_n permit_v it_o to_o be_v so_o and_o that_o from_o the_o beginning_n 10._o matth_n 10._o it_o be_v not_o so_o but_o to_o come_v to_o our_o 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