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be_v author_n this_o be_v further_a prove_v because_o their_o natural_a duty_n be_v command_v of_o god_n as_o ephes_n 5.22.25_o collo_fw-la 3.18.19_o and_o other_o place_n because_o whatsoever_o be_v against_o the_o commandment_n and_o word_n of_o god_n be_v a_o sin_n against_o he_o though_o immediate_o it_o hurt_v man_n reason_n 1_o nay_o indeed_o it_o be_v only_o a_o hurt_n to_o man_n and_o the_o sin_n against_o god_n see_v he_o be_v only_o the_o law_n giver_n james_n 4._o now_o as_o the_o tenor_n of_o indictment_n run_v you_o do_v such_o a_o thing_n against_o the_o crown_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o king_n majesty_n the_o hurt_n be_v to_o the_o private_a person_n but_o the_o transgression_n be_v against_o the_o prince_n so_o in_o this_o because_o god_n give_v he_o to_o she_o and_o she_o to_o he_o reason_n 2_o and_o join_v they_o together_o therefore_o to_o transgress_v one_o against_o another_o be_v to_o transgress_v against_o god_n which_o i_o gather_v by_o proportion_n from_o that_o of_o deut._n 22.15_o ad_fw-la 20._o where_o recompense_n be_v to_o be_v make_v to_o the_o father_n for_o the_o injury_n that_o be_v do_v to_o the_o daughter_n for_o if_o there_o be_v a_o injury_n against_o he_o that_o be_v but_o in_o god_n stead_n and_o his_o vicegerent_n what_o to_o himself_o to_o persuade_v husband_n and_o wife_n not_o to_o transgress_v or_o injure_v one_o another_o not_o to_o deal_v unfaithful_o one_o with_o another_o use_v 1_o for_o beside_o that_o it_o be_v uncomely_a and_o most_o unnatural_a to_o see_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v hurt_v his_o own_o flesh_n and_o so_o a_o woman_n that_o the_o body_n shall_v annoy_v the_o head_n and_o the_o head_n the_o body_n it_o be_v against_o god_n therefore_o as_o joseph_n dissuade_v his_o mistress_n &_o restrain_v himself_o gen._n 39.9_o so_o shall_v they_o one_o with_o another_o when_o occasion_n and_o opportunity_n be_v give_v or_o infirmity_n be_v ready_a to_o oversway_n they_o shall_v say_v one_o to_o another_o how_o 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this_o for_o man_n to_o be_v wary_a how_o they_o choose_v and_o woman_n how_o they_o be_v persuade_v or_o give_v consent_n see_v it_o be_v a_o knot_n not_o to_o be_v break_v again_o for_o any_o dislike_n or_o discontent_n whatsoever_o save_v only_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o adultery_n if_o it_o be_v a_o matter_n as_o common_a bargain_n be_v that_o a_o man_n may_v lose_v his_o earnest_n if_o it_o be_v with_o some_o hazard_n of_o his_o honesty_n and_o good_a report_n or_o if_o they_o be_v take_v as_o some_o man_n take_v apprentice_n upon_o like_v or_o buy_v horse_n to_o lose_v so_o much_o if_o they_o dislike_v and_o return_v they_o or_o if_o solon_n law_n be_v in_o force_n that_o he_o who_o do_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n shall_v give_v her_o dower_n and_o portion_n with_o she_o again_o it_o be_v the_o less_o to_o be_v think_v of_o but_o when_o it_o be_v so_o dissoluble_a not_o to_o be_v loose_v or_o break_v but_o perpetual_a it_o require_v a_o great_a care_n when_o it_o be_v strong_a and_o firm_a than_o the_o bond_n betwixt_o parent_n and_o child_n therefore_o shall_v the_o man_n take_v heed_n how_o he_o choose_v for_o beauty_n for_o profit_n and_o great_a portion_n and_o not_o for_o wisdom_n and_o virtue_n though_o the_o other_o thing_n be_v not_o in_o the_o like_a proportion_n what_o be_v more_o profitable_a than_o the_o bee_n say_v saint_n chryso_v in_o psal_n 50._o yet_o have_v it_o a_o sting_n what_o fair_a than_o a_o peacock_n but_o the_o comeliness_n only_o be_v in_o the_o feather_n not_o the_o fruit_n so_o many_o with_o their_o great_a portion_n and_o great_a beauty_n have_v often_o their_o sting_n and_o be_v not_o fit_a help_n that_o a_o man_n have_v better_o buy_v a_o wife_n then_o be_v buy_v to_o she_o special_o when_o there_o be_v no_o part_n and_o better_a to_o have_v have_v the_o contemptible_a ant_n as_o he_o speak_v which_o be_v the_o mistress_n of_o wisdom_n the_o mean_a and_o the_o more_o huswifely_a who_o may_v soon_o be_v worth_a her_o portion_n in_o good_a comfort_n and_o contentment_n so_o the_o woman_n how_o she_o be_v win_v or_o persuade_v for_o the_o person_n or_o riches_n or_o kindred_n of_o a_o man_n because_o he_o be_v able_a to_o clothe_v she_o in_o fine_a apparel_n to_o deck_v she_o with_o gold_n and_o pearl_n and_o many_o such_o thing_n have_v no_o wisdom_n to_o govern_v or_o instruct_v she_o or_o to_o bring_v up_o his_o child_n in_o the_o instruction_n of_o the_o lord_n no_o love_n but_o lust_n for_o see_v the_o knot_n be_v perpetual_a and_o no_o cheyce_n allow_v again_o she_o may_v buy_v all_o that_o dear_a enough_o therefore_o it_o be_v good_a to_o be_v advise_v in_o their_o choice_n lest_o repentance_n shall_v come_v too_o late_o and_o be_v buy_v too_o dear_a and_o yet_o make_v no_o amends_o for_o they_o can_v be_v free_a if_o the_o law_n of_o polygamy_n be_v in_o force_n that_o a_o man_n may_v have_v two_o wife_n the_o one_o hate_v the_o other_o belove_v or_o this_o of_o divorce_n he_o may_v put_v she_o away_o at_o his_o pleasure_n upon_o dislike_n and_o so_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la the_o matter_n be_v small_a and_o man_n may_v be_v as_o careless_a of_o this_o as_o of_o the_o other_o thing_n but_o when_o as_o he_o have_v make_v one_o for_o one_o and_o make_v the_o bond_n so_o inviolable_a that_o there_o be_v no_o part_n till_o one_o be_v the_o other_o executor_n see_v thing_n be_v thus_o it_o be_v not_o good_a not_o to_o marry_v but_o to_o be_v careful_a how_o he_o or_o she_o marry_v chrysostome_n persuade_v man_n to_o be_v careful_a of_o their_o soul_n reason_v thus_o omnia_fw-la nobis_fw-la duplicia_fw-la deus_fw-la dedit_fw-la dvos_fw-la oculos_fw-la dvas_fw-la aures_fw-la dvas_fw-la manus_fw-la dvos_fw-la pedes_fw-la singitur_fw-la horum_fw-la alterum_fw-la laedatur_fw-la per_fw-la alterum_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la consolamur_fw-la animam_fw-la ver_fw-la o_o unam_fw-la dedit_fw-la nobis_fw-la si_fw-la have_v perdiderimus_fw-la quanam_fw-la vivemus_fw-la vide_fw-la chrysost_fw-la he_o 12._o 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he_o inflict_v punishment_n upon_o sin_n and_o so_o in_o the_o whole_a he_o dissuade_v from_o this_o because_o else_o god_n judgement_n and_o punishment_n will_v come_v upon_o they_o howsoever_o they_o escape_v man_n now_o this_o be_v not_o proper_a to_o this_o but_o common_a to_o other_o whence_o we_o have_v a_o general_a doctrine_n man_n ought_v to_o avoid_v and_o eschew_v unjust_a divorce_n doctrine_n and_o every_o other_o sin_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n and_o his_o hatred_n and_o punishment_n which_o thing_n be_v manifest_a in_o the_o law_n when_o as_o every_o prohibition_n be_v not_o without_o a_o threat_n and_o a_o judgement_n hence_o that_o deuter._n 28.15_o and_o in_o the_o particular_n through_o the_o whole_a law_n wheresoever_o god_n forbid_v any_o sin_n usual_o there_o be_v a_o judgement_n join_v with_o it_o the_o spirit_n speak_v not_o so_o in_o vain_a but_o that_o he_o will_v have_v man_n to_o avoid_v they_o for_o those_o the_o point_n be_v prove_v 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shall_v man_n esteem_v it_o when_o they_o be_v turn_v or_o turn_v to_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o to_o the_o left_a by_o pleasure_n or_o profit_n it_o be_v good_a that_o god_n will_v so_o admonish_v they_o and_o prevent_v this_o by_o who_o or_o howsoever_o by_o publikc_n or_o private_a mean_n by_o good_a or_o bad_a and_o let_v they_o hearken_v and_o obey_v and_o be_v thankful_a to_o the_o author_n and_o the_o mean_n praefat_fw-la nec_fw-la ullus_fw-la omnino_fw-la sermo_fw-la qui_fw-la adificat_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatem_fw-la ad_fw-la virtutes_fw-la ad_fw-la mores_fw-la optimos_fw-la negligenter_n est_fw-la audiendus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o illic_fw-la iter_fw-la quo_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la salutare_fw-la de_fw-fr i._n bern._n in_o cant._n serm_n 57_o si_fw-mi corripuerit_fw-la i_o iustùs_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sentiam_fw-la sciens_fw-la quia_fw-la aemulatio_fw-la justi_fw-la &_o benevolentia_fw-la iter_fw-la faciunt_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la ascendit_fw-la super_fw-la occasum_fw-la bone_fw-la occasus_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la correptionem_fw-la justi_fw-la stat_fw-la homo_fw-la &_o corruit_fw-la vitium_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la ascendit_fw-la super_fw-la illud_fw-la conculcans_fw-la hoc_fw-la pedibus_fw-la &_o conteâ—ens_fw-la ne_fw-la resurgat_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la contemnenda_fw-la increpatio_fw-la justi_fw-la quae_fw-la ruina_fw-la peccati_fw-la cordis_fw-la sanitas_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la ad_fw-la animam_fw-la via_fw-la bern._n ibid._n vnusquisque_fw-la pro_fw-la modulo_fw-la svo_fw-la audiat_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la sibi_fw-la conscius_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ita_fw-la vel_fw-la doleat_fw-la corrigendus_fw-la vel_fw-la gaudeat_fw-la approbandus_fw-la si_fw-mi se_fw-la deviâsse_fw-la invenerit_fw-la redeat_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o via_fw-la ambulet_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la in_o via_fw-la invenerit_fw-la ambulet_fw-la ut_fw-la perveniat_fw-la nemo_fw-la sit_fw-la superbus_fw-la extra_fw-la viam_fw-la nemo_fw-la 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some_o that_o he_o do_v because_o god_n remit_v his_o law_n to_o he_o but_o other_o it_o be_v never_o read_v that_o he_o take_v any_o one_o of_o they_o to_o wife_n neither_o be_v it_o say_v so_o but_o though_o the_o phrase_n into_o thy_o bosom_n be_v common_o understand_v of_o marriage_n yet_o it_o signify_v there_o only_a power_n and_o authority_n that_o be_v i_o have_v give_v thou_o all_o thy_o master_n good_n and_o have_v not_o except_v his_o wife_n that_o thou_o may_v have_v they_o under_o thy_o power_n as_o other_o thing_n tremolius_n thus_o i._n res_fw-la &_o personas_fw-la etiam_fw-la intimas_fw-la &_o charissimas_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la prius_fw-la tui_fw-la er_fw-mi ant_n domini_fw-la subjecitibi_fw-la but_o deut._n 25.5_o the_o brother_n be_v to_o take_v the_o wife_n of_o his_o elder_a brother_n decease_v it_o be_v answer_v by_o most_o that_o it_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a example_n and_o a_o special_a thing_n but_o no_o general_a rule_n for_o else_o incest_n may_v be_v 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