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thou_o only_o be_v esteem_v for_o god_n do_v not_o think_v it_o fit_a to_o join_v thy_o generation_n to_o the_o common_a commandment_n of_o the_o creature_n as_o a_o matter_n of_o vulgar_a price_n after_o this_o god_n put_v his_o consultation_n and_o decree_n in_o execution_n in_o form_v the_o woman_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o when_o he_o have_v form_v she_o in_o bring_v she_o to_o the_o man_n in_o join_v they_o together_o in_o bless_v they_o and_o publish_v the_o law_n of_o matrimony_n therefore_o shall_v a_o man_n leave_v his_o father_n and_o mother_n and_o cleave_v to_o his_o wife_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n gen._n 2.24_o in_o all_o which_o tanquam_fw-la in_o expressis_fw-la tabulis_fw-la we_o may_v see_v the_o finger_n and_o ordinance_n of_o god_n therefore_o theophilact_n in_o epitome_n divinorum_fw-la dogmatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v god_n have_v not_o only_o fashion_v the_o woman_n but_o he_o also_o join_v she_o to_o the_o man_n according_a to_o the_o law_n now_o in_o practice_n he_o bring_v she_o to_o the_o man_n and_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o betrother_n and_o giver_n of_o she_o in_o wedlock_n as_o also_o he_o bring_v a_o certain_a gift_n to_o the_o wedding_n his_o blessing_n and_o the_o man_n as_o soon_o as_o she_o be_v bring_v to_o he_o acknowledge_v her_o spiritu_fw-la prophetico_fw-la by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n to_o be_v of_o god_n form_v and_o ordinance_n adam_n say_v this_o be_v now_o bone_n of_o my_o bone_n and_o flesh_n of_o my_o flesh_n she_o shall_v be_v call_v woman_n because_o she_o be_v take_v out_o of_o man_n gen._n 2.23_o yea_o after_o the_o fall_n he_o have_v so_o much_o light_n still_o to_o acknowledge_v she_o to_o be_v god_n gift_n he_o call_v she_o the_o woman_n that_o thou_o give_v i_o gen._n 3.12_o and_o lest_o than_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o man_n sin_n have_v make_v void_a god_n ordinance_n god_n both_o still_o keep_v on_o foot_n this_o his_o ordinance_n even_o when_o he_o 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water_n may_v be_v the_o woman_n who_o god_n have_v appoint_v for_o isaac_n ver_fw-la 14._o and_o the_o angel_n tell_v tobias_n of_o sarah_n that_o shall_v be_v his_o wife_n she_o be_v appoint_v unto_o thou_o from_o the_o beginning_n tobit_n 6.17_o and_o it_o be_v god_n that_o knit_v their_o heart_n one_o to_o another_o in_o love_n it_o be_v of_o the_o lord_n that_o samson_n love_v and_o desire_v the_o woman_n of_o timnah_n jud._n 14.4_o hence_o then_o may_v the_o tongue_n of_o the_o learned_a speak_v a_o word_n in_o season_n for_o the_o stop_n of_o those_o foul_a mouth_n that_o shoot_v out_o their_o arrow_n even_o bitter_a word_n either_o against_o the_o state_n of_o matrimony_n to_o disgrace_v it_o as_o miserable_a or_o against_o the_o ordinance_n itself_o to_o condemn_v it_o as_o sinful_a and_o abominable_a for_o the_o first_o we_o have_v a_o generation_n in_o the_o world_n who_o seem_v wise_a in_o their_o own_o eye_n if_o they_o can_v bold_o calumniate_v and_o smite_v with_o the_o 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