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dog_n and_o pursue_v he_o and_o meet_v he_o at_o every_o turn_n till_o it_o have_v bring_v he_o to_o naught_o unless_o he_o by_o repentance_n first_o bring_v it_o to_o naught_o this_o than_o must_v be_v the_o first_o care_n if_o one_o have_v be_v a_o fornicator_n to_o repent_v for_o that_o but_o if_o one_o have_v not_o yet_o he_o must_v keep_v and_o observe_v this_o second_o rule_n every_o marry_a person_n must_v labour_v for_o pure_a and_o fervent_a love_n to_o his_o yoke-fellow_n as_o prou._n 5._o he_o will_v man_n not_o to_o follow_v after_o the_o strange_a woman_n but_o how_o shall_v i_o choose_v he_o answer_n in_o 18._o verse_n rejoice_v in_o thy_o wife_n of_o thy_o youth_n and_o delight_n in_o her_o love_n continual_o if_o marry_a person_n get_v fervent_a and_o pure_a love_n one_o to_o another_o this_o will_v keep_v they_o safe_a for_o it_o be_v not_o have_v of_o a_o wife_n but_o the_o love_a of_o she_o that_o make_v a_o man_n live_v chaste_o and_o it_o be_v not_o the_o have_v but_o the_o love_a of_o a_o husband_n that_o preserve_v a_o woman_n from_o whoredom_n but_o if_o she_o have_v he_o and_o yet_o hate_v he_o and_o despise_v he_o she_o be_v in_o danger_n every_o day_n to_o be_v defile_v fervent_a love_n than_o must_v be_v seek_v for_o not_o such_o as_o flesh_n can_v yield_v for_o the_o nature_n of_o flesh_n be_v as_o to_o be_v fond_a before_o so_o to_o be_v ready_a after_o to_o find_v occasion_n and_o jar_n and_o dislike_n but_o it_o be_v a_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o a_o spark_n that_o come_v from_o heaven_n and_o have_v this_o virtue_n to_o make_v a_o man_n live_v chaste_o but_o now_o if_o one_o will_v say_v adultery_n sure_o i_o will_v never_o be_v a_o adulterer_n yet_o for_o all_o that_o he_o care_v not_o for_o his_o own_o wife_n but_o contemn_v and_o despise_v she_o he_o have_v no_o warrant_n to_o say_v so_o nay_o he_o take_v the_o next_o way_n to_o bring_v himself_o into_o the_o snare_n of_o adultery_n by_o this_o first_o breach_n of_o the_o bond_n of_o marriage_n in_o that_o he_o do_v not_o love_v his_o wife_n an_o other_o mean_n to_o avoid_v adultery_n be_v set_v down_o in_o proverb_n 2._o 8._o 16._o if_o knowledge_n enter_v into_o thy_o heart_n and_o wisdom_n delight_v thy_o soul_n then_o shall_v it_o keep_v thou_o from_o the_o strange_a woman_n that_o flatter_v with_o her_o lip_n to_o delight_v and_o rejoice_v in_o the_o pure_a word_n of_o god_n and_o to_o embrace_v it_o in_o one_o heart_n this_o will_v so_o satisfy_v the_o mind_n &_o content_v the_o soul_n with_o sweet_a comfort_n and_o delight_n as_o that_o one_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o follow_v the_o impure_a and_o foul_a pleasure_n of_o the_o flesh_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o god_n and_o his_o word_n but_o if_o wisdom_n enter_v not_o into_o the_o heart_n lust_n will_v and_o if_o a_o man_n find_v no_o rejoice_v nor_o pleasure_n in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n he_o be_v in_o continual_a danger_n to_o seek_v at_o the_o flesh_n for_o no_o man_n can_v live_v without_o his_o 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