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not_o for_o king_n to_o drink_v wine_n nor_o for_o prince_n strong_a drink_n lest_o he_o drink_v and_o forget_v the_o decree_n and_o change_v the_o judgement_n of_o all_o the_o child_n of_o affliction_n â—0_n to_o who_o be_v woe_n to_o who_o be_v sorrow_n to_o who_o be_v strife_n to_o who_o be_v murmur_v to_o who_o be_v wound_n without_o cause_n and_o to_o who_o be_v the_o redness_n of_o the_o eye_n even_o to_o they_o that_o tarry_v long_o at_o the_o wine_n to_o they_o that_o go_v and_o seek_v mix_v wine_n which_o in_o the_o beginning_n be_v pleasant_a but_o in_o the_o end_n prick_v like_o a_o serpent_n and_o poison_v like_o a_o cockatrice_n and_o in_o another_o place_n the_o wise_a man_n speak_v of_o gluttony_n faith_n that_o it_o dry_v the_o bone_n and_o that_o more_o die_v by_o it_o than_o by_o the_o sword_n we_o see_v that_o beast_n fat_v up_o languish_v through_o sloth_n and_o idleness_n neither_o do_v beast_n faint_v through_o labour_n only_o but_o also_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o 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another_o in_o all_o necessity_n we_o learn_v also_o that_o in_o every_o marriage_n we_o ought_v to_o have_v regard_n to_o the_o ordinance_n and_o institution_n of_o god_n and_o to_o those_o politic_a law_n under_o which_o we_o live_v to_o the_o end_n we_o trouble_v not_o common_a tranquillity_n that_o we_o must_v avoid_v all_o disparity_n of_o good_n of_o house_n of_o age_n and_o especial_o of_o nature_n and_o manner_n let_v we_o not_o suffer_v ourselves_o to_o be_v carry_v away_o with_o any_o foolish_a passion_n but_o look_v chief_o to_o this_o that_o under_o a_o gracious_a &_o honest_a behaviour_n may_v shine_v forth_o clear_a and_o evident_a step_n of_o a_o upright_o and_o sincere_a soul_n void_a of_o dissimulation_n say_v with_o the_o wise_a man_n 30._o favour_n be_v deceitful_a and_o beauty_n be_v vanity_n but_o a_o woman_n that_o fear_v the_o lord_n she_o shall_v be_v praise_v we_o must_v also_o rid_v our_o wedding_n assembly_n of_o all_o dissolutenes_n of_o all_o kind_n of_o allurement_n to_o voluptuousness_n and_o niceness_n that_o they_o may_v rather_o seem_v to_o be_v school_n of_o honour_n and_o chastity_n than_o of_o intemperancy_n and_o looseness_n if_o we_o lay_v such_o foundation_n in_o marriage_n no_o doubt_n but_o god_n will_v bless_v they_o and_o make_v they_o happy_a and_o prosperous_a to_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o name_n and_o to_o the_o quietness_n and_o contentation_n of_o we_o all_o of_o the_o particular_a duty_n of_o a_o husband_n towards_o his_o wife_n chap._n 47._o aram._n as_o physician_n stand_v more_o in_o fear_n of_o fever_n engender_v of_o hide_a cause_n gather_v together_o by_o little_a and_o little_a of_o a_o long_a time_n than_o of_o those_o which_o proceed_v of_o very_o apparent_a cause_n so_o the_o small_a jar_n and_o daily_a quarreling_n of_o marry_a folk_n be_v unknown_a houseâ—_n to_o stranger_n and_o draw_v by_o little_a and_o little_a to_o a_o incurable_a hardness_n do_v more_o separate_v they_o one_o from_o another_o than_o any_o other_o cause_n whatsoever_o therefore_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o all_o the_o root_n of_o such_o naughty_a sprig_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o and_o all_o occasion_n eschew_v which_o may_v provoke_v one_o another_o to_o the_o least_o and_o light_a anger_n that_o may_v be_v the_o industry_n of_o the_o man_n ought_v to_o aim_v especial_o at_o this_o be_v call_v to_o the_o honourable_a estate_n of_o head_n of_o a_o family_n look_v diligent_o that_o he_o perform_v such_o duty_n towards_o she_o who_o be_v so_o straight_o link_v unto_o he_o that_o such_o dissension_n never_o take_v their_o beginning_n through_o his_o default_n let_v we_o then_o my_o companion_n take_v occasion_n of_o this_o subject_a to_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o husband_n towards_o his_o wife_n achitob._n 21._o rejoice_v say_v the_o wise_a man_n with_o the_o wife_n of_o thy_o youth_n let_v she_o be_v as_o the_o love_a hind_n and_o pleasant_a roe_n let_v her_o breast_n satisfy_v thou_o at_o all_o time_n and_o delight_n in_o her_o wife_n love_n continual_o for_o why_o shall_v thou_o delight_v in_o a_o strange_a woman_n or_o embrace_v the_o bosom_n of_o a_o stranger_n for_o the_o way_n of_o man_n be_v before_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o ponder_v all_o his_o path_n aser._n wife_n husband_n say_v s._n paul_n love_v your_o wife_n even_o as_o christ_n love_v the_o church_n and_o give_v himself_o for_o it_o so_o ought_v man_n to_o love_v their_o wife_n as_o their_o own_o body_n he_o that_o love_v his_o wife_n love_v himself_o but_o it_o belong_v to_o thou_o amana_n to_o handle_v we_o this_o point_n at_o large_a amana_n gorgias_n a_o excellent_a orator_n commend_v of_o cicero_n in_o many_o place_n exhort_v the_o grecian_n long_o since_o to_o peace_n and_o concord_n by_o a_o oration_n of_o wonder_a art_n which_o when_o he_o have_v end_v one_o melanthus_n stand_v up_o before_o all_o the_o company_n that_o be_v present_a and_o say_v my_o lord_n behold_v 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