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a_o sacrament_n but_o yet_o as_o not_o between_o father_n and_o daughter_n so_o neither_o between_o friar_n and_o nun_n he_o say_v i_o have_v falsify_v s._n chrysostoms_n word_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o 174_o pag._n 174_o for_o s._n chrysostom_n say_v that_o neither_o he_o that_o have_v two_o wife_n at_o once_o nor_o he_o who_o have_v be_v again_o marry_v after_o his_o first_o wife_n death_n may_v be_v make_v priest_n by_o s._n paul_n rule_n he_o speak_v of_o the_o second_o marriage_n after_o the_o first_o wife_n death_n say_v qui_fw-la defuncta_fw-la uxori_fw-la benevolentiam_fw-la non_fw-la seruat_fw-la he_o that_o render_v not_o good_a will_n to_o his_o wife_n be_v dead_a how_o can_v he_o be_v a_o good_a governor_n over_o the_o church_n so_o that_o by_o s_n chrysostom_n interpretation_n s._n paul_n literal_o forbid_v he_o to_o be_v make_v priest_n who_o have_v have_v mo_z wife_n than_o one_o whether_o it_o be_v at_o once_o or_o one_o after_o a_o other_o he_o corrupt_v the_o text_n 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