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have_v â—eard_v what_o be_v general_o require_v of_o every_o minister_n that_o he_o be_v unblameable_a now_o we_o be_v with_o the_o apostle_n to_o descend_v to_o those_o private_a virtue_n which_o concern_v his_o economicall_a administration_n and_o those_o in_o this_o verse_n be_v two_o the_o former_a concern_v himself_o in_o preserve_v his_o own_o chastity_n the_o latter_a respect_v the_o person_n within_o his_o family_n namely_o his_o child_n over_o who_o he_o be_v to_o exercise_v christian_a authority_n govern_v they_o as_o a_o father_n who_o be_v a_o minister_n frame_v they_o to_o duty_n towards_o god_n and_o himself_o and_o train_n they_o up_o careful_o in_o the_o doctrine_n both_o of_o faith_n and_o good_a manner_n for_o 1._o concern_v their_o religion_n it_o be_v require_v that_o they_o be_v faithful_a child_n 2._o for_o their_o manner_n they_o must_v be_v 1._o temperate_a 2._o obedient_a and_o both_o of_o these_o declare_v in_o their_o contrary_n whereof_o they_o must_v be_v 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be_v his_o church_n but_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n be_v not_o to_o answer_v the_o question_n whether_o one_o minister_n may_v have_v two_o church_n or_o no_o but_o what_o a_o one_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v for_o the_o government_n of_o himself_o and_o he_o that_o be_v to_o be_v set_v ever_o any_o people_n 2._o what_o mean_v it_o that_o this_o husband_n must_v have_v faithful_a child_n if_o he_o may_v not_o have_v a_o wise_a other_o than_o the_o church_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o by_o these_o child_n must_v be_v mean_v the_o faithful_a and_o the_o child_n of_o god_n beget_v in_o the_o church_n i_o answer_v that_o the_o same_o apostle_n to_o timothy_n cut_v the_o sinew_n of_o all_o such_o cavil_n where_o he_o expound_v the_o same_o precept_n necessary_o to_o be_v mean_v literal_o and_o not_o in_o this_o allegory_n by_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o annex_v â—_o for_o if_o he_o can_v govern_v his_o own_o house_n how_o shall_v he_o govern_v the_o house_n of_o god_n second_o other_o say_v he_o must_v be_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n only_o and_o that_o after_o the_o first_o he_o may_v not_o have_v a_o second_o which_o opinion_n montanus_n and_o tertullian_n extend_v to_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n the_o grecian_n after_o restrain_v it_o to_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o romanist_n be_v ready_a enough_o to_o take_v it_o up_o and_o still_o reserve_v it_o among_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o rubbish_n but_o that_o also_o be_v as_o gross_a and_o false_a exposition_n for_o 1._o he_o that_o marry_v a_o second_o wife_n after_o the_o decease_n of_o the_o first_o if_o he_o keep_v himself_o faithful_o unto_o she_o be_v still_o but_o the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n see_v the_o law_n of_o the_o former_a be_v by_o god_n dissolve_v 2._o it_o be_v a_o general_a commandment_n that_o if_o the_o brother_n die_v without_o child_n 25.5_o his_o next_o brother_n be_v to_o marry_v his_o brother_n widow_n and_o raise_v up_o seed_n unto_o he_o now_o as_o in_o the_o other_o tribe_n so_o doubtless_o happen_v it_o among_o the_o levite_n and_o therefore_o the_o levite_n although_o a_o widower_n be_v to_o marry_v his_o brother_n wife_n object_n if_o it_o be_v here_o say_v that_o we_o now_o be_v in_o precept_n deliver_v to_o minister_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o be_v not_o to_o square_v ourselves_o unto_o that_o special_a administration_n of_o the_o old_a i_o answer_v that_o the_o general_a precept_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n affirm_v no_o less_o as_o he_o that_o can_v contain_v let_v he_o marry_v and_o to_o all_o widow_n the_o apostle_n give_v leave_v to_o marry_v 7.39_o so_o in_o the_o lord_n and_o that_o that_o be_v of_o general_a &_o perpetual_a equity_n to_o man_n as_o well_o as_o woman_n and_o to_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n as_o to_o one_o kind_n be_v plain_a by_o rom._n 7.3_o the_o woman_n if_o the_o husband_n be_v dead_a be_v free_a from_o the_o law_n of_o the_o man_n so_o as_o she_o be_v not_o a_o adulterer_n if_o she_o take_v another_o man_n to_o which_o truth_n many_o of_o the_o father_n accord_n three_o a_o other_o sleight_n of_o the_o papist_n must_v be_v avoid_v who_o have_v thus_o corrupt_v it_o if_o any_o have_v be_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n and_o now_o be_v not_o he_o may_v be_v a_o minister_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n change_v no_o tense_n here_o and_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v supply_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d last_o neither_o must_v it_o be_v understand_v so_o as_o the_o minister_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n and_o may_v not_o live_v single_a for_o though_o all_o can_v receive_v christ_n speech_n concern_v continency_n yet_o some_o there_o be_v to_o who_o it_o be_v give_v 12._o and_o to_o they_o his_o
in_o the_o mud_n of_o some_o one_o of_o they_o but_o because_o it_o be_v a_o shame_n to_o speak_v in_o public_a of_o the_o thing_n they_o shame_v not_o to_o do_v in_o secret_a i_o will_v forbear_v further_a to_o move_v and_o stir_v in_o this_o sink_n which_o sufficient_o stink_v in_o the_o nostril_n of_o god_n and_o man_n and_o conclude_v the_o point_n with_o epiphanius_n his_o speech_n they_o have_v refuse_v marriage_n but_o not_o lust_n no_o trueâ—_n of_o the_o originians_n then_o of_o all_o the_o popish_a order_n doctr._n polygamy_n be_v ever_o a_o thing_n blameworthy_a and_o evil_a in_o itself_o notwithstanding_o much_o use_v of_o jew_n and_o gentile_a reason_n 1._o the_o first_o matrimony_n be_v institute_v between_o two_o person_n only_o unlawful_a of_o who_o the_o lord_n say_v express_o they_o two_o not_o they_o three_o or_o more_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n in_o which_o first_o institution_n be_v two_o ground_n overturning_a this_o sin_n 1._o god_n action_n of_o create_v one_o man_n and_o one_o woman_n and_o no_o more_o 2._o his_o injunction_n and_o strait_a charge_n to_o all_o posterity_n that_o one_o man_n shall_v cleave_v to_o one_o wife_n who_o must_v be_v his_o wife_n and_o no_o stranger_n and_o not_o to_o many_o wife_n at_o once_o so_o as_o it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o first_o institution_n 2._o the_o lord_n by_o moses_n forbid_v it_o leu._n 18.18_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v one_o woman_n to_o her_o sister_n that_o be_v thou_o shall_v not_o take_v one_o woman_n to_o another_o to_o make_v they_o as_o sister_n for_o in_o the_o 16._o verse_n the_o marriage_n of_o the_o wife_n sister_n be_v forbid_v by_o proportion_n even_o in_o monogamie_n no_o not_o after_o the_o sister_n death_n see_v consanguinity_n and_o affinity_n agree_v in_o duration_n alike_o beside_o that_o the_o phrase_n in_o hebrew_n be_v common_o so_o use_v as_o gen._n 26.31_o exod._n 26.3_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o precept_n be_v that_o such_o a_o one_o must_v not_o be_v take_v to_o grieve_v the_o other_o and_o seem_v proper_o to_o be_v mean_v of_o wife_n in_o polygamy_n 30.1_o who_o in_o the_o scripture_n be_v call_v adversary_n 3._o the_o prophet_n themselves_o reprove_v it_o upon_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o first_o institution_n mal._n 2.15_o god_n make_v but_o one_o woman_n at_o first_o and_o why_o but_o one_o not_o that_o he_o want_v spirit_n for_o he_o have_v abundance_n but_o because_o he_o seek_v a_o godly_a seed_n wherefore_o keep_v yourselves_o in_o your_o spirit_n and_o let_v no_o man_n transgress_v against_o the_o wife_n of_o his_o youth_n where_o the_o prophet_n prove_v it_o to_o be_v not_o only_o against_o the_o first_o institution_n but_o wish_v all_o posterity_n careful_o to_o avoid_v it_o 4._o christ_n himself_o tax_v it_o as_o a_o violence_v of_o the_o first_o institution_n mat._n 19.4.5_o have_v you_o not_o read_v that_o god_n make_v they_o at_o the_o beginning_n male_a and_o female_a and_o for_o this_o cause_n shall_v a_o man_n leave_v father_n and_o mother_n and_o cleave_v to_o his_o wife_n not_o wife_n and_o they_o twain_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n 5._o christ_n apostle_n condemn_v it_o eph._n 5.31_o the_o same_o speech_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n repeat_v 1._o cor._n 7._o let_v every_o man_n have_v his_o own_o wife_n not_o wife_n and_o here_o the_o apostle_n account_v it_o such_o a_o blot_n as_o hinder_v the_o admission_n of_o any_o such_o into_o the_o ministry_n and_o thus_o polygamy_n be_v condemn_v by_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o marriage_n before_o the_o law_n 2._o and_o also_o in_o the_o law_n after_o the_o law_n by_o the_o prophet_n after_o they_o by_o christ_n himself_o and_o by_o his_o apostle_n it_o follow_v that_o it_o be_v ever_o a_o evil_n condemn_v even_o from_o the_o beginning_n object_n but_o the_o example_n of_o the_o most_o of_o the_o patriarch_n be_v allege_v for_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o it_o for_o else_o all_o they_o will_v not_o have_v use_v it_o be_v the_o best_a man_n that_o ever_o live_v answ._n the_o canon_n law_n say_v that_o a_o common_a error_n may_v not_o prejudice_n the_o least_o truth_n true_a it_o be_v that_o after_o that_o most_o savage_a tyrant_n lamech_n have_v first_o deprave_a god_n ordinance_n it_o great_o prevail_v by_o example_n and_o especial_o then_o when_o there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o israel_n yet_o notwithstanding_o the_o prophet_n and_o christ_n call_v man_n not_o to_o example_n but_o to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o first_o institution_n 2._o we_o never_o read_v of_o any_o of_o they_o no_o not_o the_o best_a well_o carry_v it_o but_o what_o fruit_n have_v it_o between_o hadah_n and_o sillah_n at_o first_o it_o still_o retain_v for_o what_o molestation_n bring_v it_o even_o to_o good_a man_n what_o a_o stir_n have_v abraham_n to_o compose_v sarah_n and_o hagar_n to_o peace_n and_o in_o their_o child_n isaac_n and_o ishmael_n what_o a_o number_n of_o sparkle_n of_o contention_n be_v kindle_v what_o heartgrief_n be_v it_o to_o jacob_n to_o see_v such_o daily_a emulation_n between_o leah_n and_o rahel_n and_o what_o other_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o their_o envy_n but_o a_o occasion_n further_o to_o draw_v he_o into_o sin_n in_o take_v first_o one_o of_o their_o maid_n and_o then_o another_o and_o all_o to_o please_v both_o to_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o do_v he_o have_v doubtless_o about_o their_o child_n when_o moses_n speak_v of_o esau_n 2._o wife_n he_o add_v they_o be_v a_o heart_n grief_n to_o isaac_n and_o rebecca_n gen._n 26.35_o when_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o gideons_n 70._o son_n beget_v of_o his_o own_o body_n with_o the_o reason_n for_o he_o have_v many_o wife_n jud._n 8.30_o the_o very_a next_o chapter_n show_v how_o abimelech_n slay_v all_o these_o 70._o son_n on_o one_o stone_n save_v jotham_n how_o be_v elcanah_n trouble_v to_o satisfy_v and_o recompense_v his_o wife_n hannah_n for_o the_o reproach_n wherewith_o peninnah_n her_o adversary_n vex_v she_o sore_o in_o the_o 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