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and_o where_o they_o be_v not_o manifest_o contrary_a to_o the_o scriptute_fw-la to_o submit_v to_o and_o follow_v his_o advice_n that_o though_o she_o be_v not_o under_o obedience_n as_o to_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v sitter_n for_o a_o servant_n than_o a_o wife_n yet_o what_o be_v fit_a or_o not_o fit_a for_o a_o wife_n to_o do_v ought_v not_o to_o be_v judge_v of_o by_o the_o deportment_n of_o the_o most_o and_o much_o less_o by_o the_o caprichio_n of_o her_o own_o brain_n but_o by_o the_o example_n of_o godly_a matron_n that_o though_o the_o management_n of_o household_n affair_n be_v the_o wife_n peculiar_a province_n and_o therefore_o no_o proper_a matter_n general_o for_o the_o husband_n to_o interpose_v his_o command_n in_o yet_o she_o ought_v to_o comply_v with_o he_o even_o there_o where_o there_o be_v any_o just_a fear_n of_o his_o be_v discredit_v or_o undo_v by_o her_o evil_a management_n a_o exhortation_n to_o the_o marry_a party_n to_o perform_v their_o respective_a 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that_o fidelity_n between_o some_o marry_a person_n which_o the_o divine_a institution_n and_o their_o own_o covenant_n nor_o that_o accord_n between_o other_o which_o so_o intimate_v a_o relation_n do_v require_v i_o hope_v it_o will_v not_o be_v look_v upon_o by_o sober_a person_n as_o any_o imprudence_n if_o as_o i_o have_v in_o the_o former_a discourse_n show_v what_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o legitimate_a contract_n of_o marriage_n so_o i_o make_v it_o the_o business_n of_o this_o to_o demonstrate_v what_o be_v requisite_a to_o preserve_v it_o inviolable_a after_o it_o be_v so_o contract_v in_o order_n whereunto_o i_o will_v represent_v 1._o such_o duty_n as_o be_v common_a to_o the_o marry_a party_n and_o after_o that_o descend_v to_o 2._o those_o which_o be_v peculiar_a to_o each_o of_o they_o now_o though_o what_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v be_v competent_o evident_a from_o those_o covenant_n into_o which_o the_o party_n enter_v at_o the_o solemnisation_n of_o matrimony_n between_o they_o yet_o because_o it_o be_v not_o impossible_a some_o duty_n may_v be_v more_o obscure_o express_v there_o than_o will_v be_v requisite_a to_o give_v each_o of_o they_o a_o due_a understanding_n of_o they_o and_o because_o those_o which_o be_v more_o clear_o set_v down_o will_v be_v look_v upon_o as_o more_o forcible_a if_o it_o can_v be_v make_v appear_v that_o they_o have_v the_o obligation_n of_o the_o divine_a command_n as_o well_o as_o of_o their_o own_o contract_n to_o bind_v they_o on_o they_o therefore_o i_o think_v it_o but_o necessary_a to_o investigate_v they_o by_o the_o purport_n of_o the_o divine_a command_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o tenor_n of_o their_o own_o compact_n 1._o to_o begin_v with_o those_o which_o be_v common_a to_o the_o marry_a party_n because_o the_o most_o natural_a result_v of_o that_o intimate_a conjunction_n into_o which_o they_o enter_v where_o 1._o first_o i_o shall_v represent_v the_o party_n love_v of_o each_o 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