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not_o marry_v the_o father_n sister_n why_o so_o for_o she_o be_v thy_o father_n near_a kinswoman_n v_o 12._o lo_o it_o be_v the_o nearness_n of_o blood_n that_o make_v this_o match_n unlawful_a not_o respect_n of_o civil_a inequality_n where_o the_o blood_n than_o be_v equal_o near_a the_o marriage_n must_v be_v equal_o unlawful_a that_o rule_n of_o law_n which_o be_v pretend_v in_o prohibitoriis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la permittitur_fw-la what_o be_v not_o forbid_v be_v permit_v have_v need_n of_o a_o fair_a construction_n indeed_o that_o which_o be_v not_o forbid_v either_o in_o word_n or_o in_o necessary_a analogy_n &_o implication_n of_o sense_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v leave_v at_o large_a but_o what_o place_n have_v this_o axiom_n in_o a_o case_n not_o less_o real_o forbid_v than_o the_o express_v and_o if_o we_o shall_v strict_o follow_v the_o letter_n of_o this_o maxim_n it_o will_v lead_v we_o into_o sodom_n since_o there_o be_v marriage_n not_o 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appendance_n and_o the_o whol_n claim_v of_o that_o wickedness_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v comprise_v doubtless_o it_o be_v utter_o unsufferable_a neither_o be_v here_o any_o extension_n of_o this_o prohibition_n beyond_o those_o limit_n which_o god_n have_v fix_v in_o the_o undoubted_a sense_n of_o his_o law_n in_o the_o seven_o commandment_n nothing_o be_v express_v but_o adultery_n shall_v we_o therefore_o say_v neither_o fornication_n nor_o pollution_n nor_o sodomy_n be_v there_o forbid_a be_v not_o this_o to_o destroy_v that_o law_n which_o god_n make_v to_o be_v spiritual_a and_o to_o open_v the_o flood_n gate_n to_o a_o torrent_n of_o licentiousness_n sure_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o observe_v that_o god_n spirit_n no_o less_o mean_n that_o which_o he_o please_v to_o suppress_v the_o psalmist_n say_v promotion_n come_v neither_o from_o the_o east_n nor_o from_o the_o west_n nor_o from_o the_o south_n psal._n 75._o