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that_o thou_o shall_v do_v thy_o own_o part_n then_o challenge_v that_o which_o be_v another_o towards_o thou_o and_o let_v i_o add_v one_o word_n more_o that_o man_n or_o woman_n who_o see_v not_o more_o fault_n in_o themselves_o then_o in_o the_o other_o be_v either_o arrogant_a or_o ignorant_a or_o both_o to_o end_v all_o though_o we_o must_v every_o one_o apply_v to_o ourselves_o yet_o we_o may_v every_o one_o exhort_v each_o other_o the_o husband_n the_o wife_n and_o the_o wife_n with_o a_o due_a regard_n the_o husband_n though_o our_o application_n must_v be_v peculiar_a yet_o our_o supplication_n ought_v to_o be_v mutual_a the_o husband_n for_o the_o wife_n the_o wife_n for_o the_o husband_n both_o together_o that_o they_o may_v know_v and_o practise_v their_o duty_n let_v we_o therefore_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o and_o let_v it_o be_v my_o prayer_n for_o you_o all_o here_o present_a this_o day_n who_o be_v knit_v together_o in_o the_o matrimonial_a bond_n that_o every_o husband_n may_v love_v his_o wife_n as_o himself_o and_o every_o wife_n reverence_v her_o husband_n as_o she_o ought_v and_o yet_o more_o especial_o for_o that_o worthy_a pair_n who_o nuptial_n have_v be_v late_o solemnize_v that_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o their_o duty_n each_o to_o other_o they_o may_v be_v happy_a each_o in_o other_o and_o the_o blessing_n of_o heaven_n may_v be_v upon_o they_o both_o even_o a_o peaceable_a tranquillity_n hopeful_a posterity_n abundant_a competency_n with_o length_n of_o day_n here_o and_o a_o never_o fade_a glory_n a_o eternal_a felicity_n hereafter_o amen_n finis_fw-la prov._n 5._o 19_o psal._n 127._o 5._o 122._o 7._o sicut_fw-la è_fw-la mari_fw-la omnia_fw-la flumina_fw-la ita_fw-la è_fw-la divina_fw-la scriptura_fw-la omnes_fw-la humanae_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la oriuntur_fw-la mend_v t._n 1._o p._n 17._o initio_fw-la versiculi_fw-la non_fw-la converti_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o veruntamen_fw-la sed_fw-la igitur_fw-la quòd_fw-la omnino_fw-la videatur_fw-la esse_fw-la in_fw-la his_fw-la verbis_fw-la conclusio_fw-la superioris_fw-la tractationis_fw-la beza_n in_o loc._n revocat_fw-la apostolum_fw-la haec_fw-la particula_fw-la a_fw-la praedicti_fw-la mysterii_fw-la fusiori_fw-la consideratione_fw-la bod._n in_o loc._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o theoph._n ibid._n non_fw-la impedit_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la expressum_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la typica_fw-la adumbratione_fw-la dixi_fw-la aret._n gen._n 1._o gen._n 2._o 1â—_z aug._n de_fw-fr bonâ—_z conjug._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o hieroc_n de_fw-fr nupt._n conjugium_fw-la principium_fw-la vrbis_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la quasi_fw-la seminarium_fw-la cic._n de_fw-la offic._n l_o 1._o bern._n mal._n 2._o 15._o nec_fw-la artifex_fw-la nec_fw-la materia_fw-la defecisset_fw-la tertul._n exhor_n ad_fw-la castit_fw-la theod._n opusc._n in_o bibl._n patr._n t._n 1._o gr._n lat._n hieron._n numerus_fw-la conjugii_fw-la a_fw-la maledicto_fw-la viro_fw-la incepit_fw-la primus_fw-la lamech_n duabus_fw-la maritatus_fw-la tres_fw-la unam_fw-la carne_fw-la fecit_fw-la tartul_n ibid._n in_fw-la ea_fw-la soap_fw-la deficimus_fw-la licet_fw-la domini_fw-la satis_fw-la studiosi_fw-la aret._n in_o loc._n rigorem_fw-la virilis_fw-la legis_fw-la emollit_fw-la new_a potestate_fw-la quae_fw-la praevalet_fw-la nimius_fw-la quis_fw-la sit_fw-la in_fw-la dominatu_fw-la uxoris_fw-la amb._n in_o col._n 3._o 19_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o oecum_fw-la ibid._n demosth._n rom._n 13._o 10._o non_fw-la es_fw-la dominus_fw-la sed_fw-la maritus_fw-la non_fw-la ancillam_fw-la sed_fw-la vxorem_fw-la sortitus_fw-la es_fw-la and_o gubernatorem_fw-la te_fw-la voluit_fw-la esse_fw-la deus_fw-la muliebris_fw-la sexus_fw-la non_fw-la praepotentem_fw-la amb_n hexam_n lib_n 5._o cap._n 7._o psa._n 128._o 3._o aug._n de_fw-fr bonâ—_z conjug._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o arist._n rhet._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o pro._n 5._o 18._o deut._n 13._o 6._o ezek._n 24._o 16._o john_n 1._o 28._o mat._n 3._o 17._o joh._n 13._o 23._o joh._n 20._o 2._o prov._n 5._o 19_o diligendi_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la affectum_fw-la sum_fw-la ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la refer_fw-la oportet_fw-la daven._n in_o col._n 3._o 19_o psal._n 5._o 20._o ruth_n 3._o 9_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o propriè_fw-la alum_n significat_fw-la buxt._n gen._n 20._o 16._o eph._n 5._o 29._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o primum_fw-la ad_fw-la alimenta_fw-la alterum_fw-la ad_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la referendum_fw-la zanch._n significat_fw-la gallinarum_fw-la more_fw-la incubare_fw-la and_o calore_fw-la foetum_fw-la partut_fw-la idoneum_fw-la reddere_fw-la aret._n 1_o pet._n 3._o 7._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 5_o 7._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 8._o charitas_fw-la amat_fw-la quos_fw-la tolerat_fw-la tolerat_fw-la quos_fw-la amat_fw-la greg._n meg._n in_fw-la ezek._n sialienos_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la uxorios_fw-la debes_fw-la tolerare_fw-la et_fw-la emendare_fw-la mores_fw-la ambr._n lib._n 8._o in_o loc._n cap._n 16._o col._n 3._o 19_o daven._n aristot._n aelius_n verus_n 1_o joh._n 4._o 20._o 1_o cor._n 16._o 14._o second_o part._n prov._n 5._o 19_o exod._n 20._o 17._o exod._n 20._o 1._o gen._n 1._o 3._o and_o 9_o 10_o 11._o 3d._o part._n quest_n answ._n chrys._n in_fw-la loc._n eph._n 3._o 19_o obj._n 2_o tim._n 3._o 2._o sol._n psal._n 73._o 25._o 1_o sam._n 18._o 1._o aul._n gell._n l._n 10._o c._n 10._o sen._n tract._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o theoph._n in_fw-la loc._n 1_o pet._n 3._o 7._o 1_o king_n 18._o 28._o mar._n 5._o 5._o god_n l._n 5._o tit._n 17._o hier._n contra_fw-la jovinian_a marloâ—_z in_fw-la loc._n gen._n 2._o ult._n john_n 1._o 4._o 1_o thes._n 2._o 13._o hier._n idid_fw-la ver_n 28._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o chrysost._n hom._n 20._o in_o ephes._n gen._n 2._o 18._o quos_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsos_fw-la singulos_fw-la condidit_fw-la deus_fw-la et_fw-la tanquam_fw-la alienigenas_fw-la junaeit_fw-la sed_fw-la alteram_fw-la ex_fw-la altero_fw-la creavit_fw-la signans_fw-la etiam_fw-la vim_fw-la conjunctionis_fw-la in_fw-la late_fw-la unde_fw-la illa_fw-la detracta_fw-la formata_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr bon._n conjug_v ezek._n 37._o 17._o sen._n ep._n 67._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o theoph._n in_fw-la loc._n tit._n 2._o 4._o eph._n 6._o uxorum_fw-la timere_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la timore_fw-la diligere_fw-la virorum_fw-la autem_fw-la tantum_fw-la diligere_fw-la quia_fw-la dilectio_fw-la perfectorum_fw-la est_fw-la ambr._n in_o cass._n chrystost_fw-fr hom._n 20._o in_o ephes._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o oecumen._n in_o eph._n 6._o 1._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o theoph._n ibid._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o theoph._n in_fw-la loc._n congruit_fw-la viâ—â—_z dilectio_fw-la mulieri_fw-la timor_fw-la servo_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la metus_fw-la sed_fw-la and_o tremorjungitar_n hier._n in_o loc._n 1_o cor._n 11._o 7._o prov._n 2._o 17._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 3._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 6._o non_fw-la blandiendi_fw-la consuetudinese_fw-la huius_fw-la subjectionis_fw-la testificandae_fw-la voluntate_fw-la daven._n cor._n 7._o 34._o gen._n 24._o 64_o 65_o 1_o pet._n 3._o 2._o nunquam_fw-la erit_fw-la voluntaria_fw-la subjectio_fw-la nisi_fw-la precedat_fw-la reverentia_fw-la marlor_n in_fw-la loc._n deut._n 5._o 29._o eccles._n 12._o 15._o sancti_fw-la caeteros_fw-la de_fw-la suo_fw-la affectu_fw-la aestimant_fw-la and_o quia_fw-la ipsis_fw-la est_fw-la amica_fw-la veritas_fw-la mentiri_fw-la neminem_fw-la putant_fw-la libenter_fw-la credant_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la suspectum_fw-la habere_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ambros._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr offic._n 10._o prov._n 30._o 17_o gen._n 34._o 30._o john_n 6._o 60._o casta_fw-la ad_fw-la â—irum_fw-la inatrona_fw-la parendo_fw-la imperat_fw-la publ._n ser._n sapiens_fw-la quaedam_fw-la dicebat_fw-la filiae_fw-la suae_fw-la eam_fw-la cum_fw-la duceret_fw-la ad_fw-la thalamum_fw-la mea_fw-la filia_fw-la sta_fw-la coram_fw-la viro_fw-la tuo_fw-la et_fw-la ministrae_fw-la ei_fw-la si_fw-la fueris_fw-la ei_fw-la ancilla_fw-la ipse_fw-la tibi_fw-la servus_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o lib._n nus_n c._n 6._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o occum_n ibid._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o chrysost_n hom._n 20._o in_o ephes._n 3._o gen._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o qud_fw-la voles_fw-la aptè_fw-la nubere_fw-la nube_fw-la pari_fw-la ovid_n epist._n quam_fw-la mail_fw-la inaquales_fw-la veniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la aratra_fw-la juvenci_fw-la tam_fw-la premitur_fw-la magno_fw-la conjuge_fw-la nupta_fw-la minor_fw-la id._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 2_o sam._n 12._o 7._o act_n 2._o 36._o heb._n 4._o 2._o phil_n 2._o 4._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o bas._n hexam._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o theoph_n in_fw-la loâ—_z act_n 20._o 30._o