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consent_v in_o who_o there_o be_v a_o right_n invest_v to_o dispose_v of_o their_o child_n in_o marriage_n in_o due_a time_n as_o appear_v from_o deut._n 7.3_o neither_o shall_v thou_o make_v marriage_n with_o they_o to_o wit_n with_o the_o seven_o nation_n of_o canaan_n thy_o daughter_n thou_o shall_v not_o give_v unto_o his_o son_n nor_o his_o daughter_n â—…alt_v thou_o take_v unto_o thy_o son_n and_o 1_o cor._n 7.36,37,38_o the_o apostle_n paul_n do_v very_o positive_o assert_v this_o power_n of_o parent_n to_o dispose_v of_o their_o child_n in_o marriage_n when_o they_o see_v it_o fit_a and_o needful_a so_o to_o do_v we_o see_v how_o dutiful_o samson_n carry_v himself_o towards_o his_o parent_n in_o this_o matter_n judg._n 14.1,2_o and_o samson_n go_v down_o to_o timnath_n and_o see_v a_o woman_n in_o timnath_n and_o he_o come_v up_o and_o tell_v his_o father_n and_o his_o mother_n and_o say_v i_o have_v see_v a_o woman_n in_o timnath_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o philistine_n now_o therefore_o get_v she_o for_o i_o to_o wife_n we_o see_v what_o isaac_n give_v his_o son_n jacob_n in_o charge_n when_o he_o be_v to_o go_v to_o haran_n gen._n 28.1,2_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n arise_v go_v to_o padan-aram_n to_o the_o house_n of_o bethuel_n thy_o mother_n father_n and_o take_v thou_o a_o wife_n from_o thence_o of_o the_o daughter_n of_o laban_n thy_o mother_n brother_n in_o like_a manner_n abraham_n direct_v his_o servant_n what_o wife_n to_o choose_v for_o his_o son_n isaac_n gen._n 24.3,4_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n unto_o my_o son_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o canaanite_n but_o thou_o shall_v go_v unto_o my_o country_n and_o unto_o my_o kindred_n and_o take_v a_o wife_n unto_o my_o son_n isaac_n and_o of_o ishmael_n it_o be_v say_v gen._n 21.21_o that_o his_o mother_n hagar_n take_v he_o a_o wife_n how_o very_o just_a and_o reasonable_a be_v it_o that_o they_o who_o be_v under_o god_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o life_n and_o be_v in_o the_o world_n who_o good_n and_o possession_n child_n be_v shall_v be_v acknowledge_v and_o advise_v with_o by_o they_o and_o depend_v on_o in_o the_o settle_n of_o themselves_o in_o the_o world_n in_o such_o a_o state_n of_o life_n which_o will_v prove_v either_o the_o foundation_n of_o great_a happiness_n or_o of_o great_a misery_n to_o give_v themselves_o away_o without_o their_o parent_n consent_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o theft_n it_o be_v to_o invade_v the_o right_n of_o other_o to_o rob_v they_o of_o that_o which_o god_n have_v give_v they_o for_o child_n be_v not_o their_o own_o they_o be_v the_o good_n and_o possession_n of_o parent_n to_o who_o god_n have_v give_v they_o as_o a_o inheritance_n psal_n 127.3_o and_o therefore_o child_n have_v no_o more_o power_n to_o dispose_v of_o themselves_o than_o to_o dispose_v of_o their_o parent_n good_n without_o their_o consent_n we_o see_v how_o great_a the_o power_n of_o parent_n be_v by_o the_o 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reckon_v it_o in_o his_o power_n to_o disannul_v her_o rash_a and_o indiscreet_a promise_n make_v to_o man_n of_o bestow_v herself_o without_o her_o parent_n allowance_n can_v there_o be_v any_o thing_n more_o unjust_a more_o unkind_a more_o unthankful_a and_o more_o unnatural_a than_o for_o child_n who_o have_v be_v bring_v up_o nourish_v and_o cherish_v by_o their_o parent_n for_o who_o all_o their_o care_n and_o pain_n have_v be_v bestow_v to_o dispose_v of_o themselves_o in_o the_o most_o important_a affair_n of_o their_o life_n without_o their_o knowledge_n or_o against_o their_o will_n what_o a_o grief_n and_o trouble_n of_o heart_n must_v this_o need_v be_v to_o their_o poor_a parent_n as_o we_o see_v it_o be_v to_o isaac_n and_o rebekah_n gen._n 26.34,35_o and_o esau_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o
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the_o severe_a penalty_n if_o they_o shall_v dare_v to_o dishonour_v they_o and_o disobey_v they_o promise_n 2._o motive_n from_o the_o divine_a promise_n second_o to_o encourage_v child_n to_o perform_v their_o duty_n to_o their_o parent_n god_n have_v be_v please_v to_o add_v a_o gracious_a promise_n that_o thy_o day_n may_v be_v long_o blessing_n long_o or_o that_o they_o i._n e._n thy_o parent_n may_v prolong_v thy_o day_n to_o wit_n by_o their_o prayer_n and_o blessing_n upon_o the_o land_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n give_v thou_o he_o may_v only_o have_v command_v they_o to_o do_v this_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o absolute_a power_n and_o sovereign_a authority_n which_o he_o have_v over_o all_o man_n without_o propose_v any_o reward_n but_o such_o be_v his_o infinite_a bounty_n and_o goodness_n that_o he_o have_v add_v a_o promise_n to_o the_o command_n thereby_o to_o make_v child_n duty_n the_o more_o easy_a as_o to_o the_o promise_n itself_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v 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