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of_o child_n and_o of_o child_n child_n till_o they_o multiply_v to_o a_o numerous_a posterity_n thus_o god_n bless_v our_o first_o parent_n before_o and_o noah_n family_n after_o the_o flood_n that_o they_o replenish_v and_o people_v the_o earth_n and_o become_v not_o one_o but_o many_o community_n and_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a providence_n and_o wonder_n to_o divide_v the_o multiply_a posterity_n of_o noah_n by_o dive_v the_o language_n into_o several_a company_n and_o disperse_v they_o into_o several_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o hence_o the_o many_o society_n of_o the_o world_n and_o their_o different_a community_n god_n promise_v abraham_n to_o make_v he_o a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n that_o be_v not_o only_o of_o many_o civil_a but_o spiritual_a society_n gen._n 17.5_o and_o he_o say_v to_o rebekah_n two_o nation_n be_v in_o thy_o womb_n gen._n 25.23_o thus_o jacob_n family_n multiply_v in_o egypt_n to_o a_o great_a community_n so_o that_o the_o original_n of_o society_n civil_a be_v from_o god_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n 1._o as_o make_v man_n and_o indue_a they_o with_o reason_n and_o speech_n 2._o as_o multiply_v and_o bless_v they_o 3._o as_o divide_v they_o into_o several_a part_n and_o portion_n of_o the_o earth_n where_o they_o may_v cohabit_v and_o have_v communion_n one_o with_o another_o 4._o beside_o all_o these_o he_o so_o create_v they_o and_o order_n they_o in_o the_o very_a first_o mould_v of_o they_o when_o they_o be_v multiply_v that_o they_o have_v need_v one_o of_o another_o and_o one_o may_v be_v beneficial_a and_o helpful_a unto_o another_o so_o that_o their_o subsistence_n and_o their_o well-being_n depend_v upon_o society_n for_o as_o he_o have_v make_v the_o body_n to_o consist_v of_o many_o member_n so_o that_o they_o have_v their_o several_a office_n and_o ministration_n all_o useful_a one_o for_o another_o so_o that_o the_o body_n can_v be_v a_o body_n without_o many_o member_n nor_o subsist_v without_o some_o 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