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the_o apostle_n require_v that_o the_o woman_n shall_v learn_v in_o silence_n with_o all_o subjection_n 1_o tim._n 2.11_o and_o add_v but_o i_o suffer_v not_o a_o woman_n to_o teach_v nor_o to_o usurp_v authority_n over_o the_o man_n but_o to_o be_v in_o silence_n v._o 12._o this_o may_v seem_v hard_a on_o the_o woman_n side_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n to_o show_v that_o what_o he_o require_v of_o the_o woman_n be_v not_o arbitrary_o do_v give_v the_o reason_n why_o he_o enjoin_v the_o woman_n this_o silence_n and_o subjection_n and_o give_v two_o reason_n the_o first_o be_v that_o the_o woman_n by_o god_n be_v make_v subject_a to_o man_n and_o be_v so_o even_o by_o the_o very_a law_n of_o her_o creation_n and_o will_v have_v so_o continue_v have_v mankind_n continue_v in_o innocence_n for_o adam_n be_v first_o form_v than_o eve_n v._o 13._o the_o second_o reason_n for_o this_o injunction_n of_o silence_n and_o subjection_n be_v the_o woman_n transgression_n this_o render_v 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