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a_o stranger_n so_o she_o be_v a_o convert_v and_o last_o that_o a_o good_a man_n will_v keep_v his_o honest_a word_n for_o what_o he_o have_v private_o 13._o chap._n 3._o 11_o 13._o promise_v he_o here_o now_o make_v good_a to_o the_o utmost_a of_o which_o two_o last_n point_v i_o have_v speak_v before_o and_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n that_o be_v by_o his_o take_n and_o marry_v of_o she_o so_o we_o see_v that_o lawful_a marriage_n 67._o gen._n 24._o 67._o be_v that_o which_o make_v man_n and_o woman_n husband_n and_o wife_n so_o be_v it_o say_v of_o rebecca_n that_o isaac_n take_v 15._o judg._n 14._o 8_o 15._o she_o and_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n and_o in_o like_a case_n of_o the_o woman_n of_o timnah_n which_o samson_n do_v marry_v it_o be_v not_o live_v or_o lie_v together_o as_o lewd_a person_n may_v do_v nor_o yet_o mutual_a affection_n but_o the_o enter_n in_o god_n holy_a ordinance_n which_o make_v the_o woman_n the_o wife_n therefore_o to_o live_v honest_o and_o to_o make_v a_o 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the_o parable_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o usual_a thing_n to_o feast_v and_o to_o have_v solemnity_n observe_v beside_o at_o marriage_n here_o only_o beware_v of_o wantonness_n riot_n and_o excess_n and_o then_o may_v they_o eat_v and_o drink_v and_o rejoice_v their_o heart_n and_o when_o he_o go_v in_o unto_o she_o this_o be_v expound_v in_o another_o place_n to_o go_v to_o she_o into_o the_o 16._o jud._n 15._o 1._o joel_n 2._o 16._o chamber_n for_o bride_n have_v a_o private_a chamber_n into_o which_o the_o bridegroom_n enter_v on_o the_o marriage_n day_n but_o here_o be_v modest_o employ_v the_o act_n of_o marriage_n set_v out_o also_o in_o scripture_n by_o other_o term_n as_o of_o know_v lie_v with_o one_o give_v due_a benevolence_n never_o speak_v hereof_o but_o by_o a_o periphrasis_n and_o circumlocution_n and_o therefore_o be_v we_o hereby_o teach_v that_o when_o necessity_n enforce_v to_o speak_v of_o that_o which_o in_o proper_a speech_n be_v not_o comely_a to_o utter_v it_o 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