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corin._n 7._o verse_n 14._o 1._o thes_n 4._o 1._o tim._n 4._o 〈…〉_o marriage_n holy_a in_o all_o man_n not_o only_o in_o some_o every_o man_n every_o woman_n verse_n 18._o see_v by_o god_n what_o to_o shoot_v at_o in_o your_o action_n abuse_v of_o authority_n god_n consider_v man_n want_n before_o himself_o note_n verse_n 18._o woman_n a_o helper_n wherein_o 〈…〉_o 1._o cor._n 7._o the_o man_n ought_v to_o furnish_v the_o woman_n the_o man_n as_o the_o sun_n the_o woman_n as_o the_o moon_n idle_n man_n spend_v what_o their_o wife_n get_v verse_n 21._o why_o of_o the_o rib_n make_v note_n verse_n 22._o what_o manner_n of_o meeting_n be_v right_a marriage_n pro._n 19.14_o 19.22_o it_o be_v god_n work_n still_o to_o bring_v every_o man_n his_o mate_n the_o praâ—se_n of_o a_o good_a woman_n meekness_n in_o a_o womâ—_n a_o jewel_n eccl._n 36.24_o verse_n â—4_n how_o far_o marriage_n may_v allow_v to_o forsake_v parent_n verse_n 25._o three_o thing_n to_o be_v learn_v by_o our_o first_o 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speech_n shall_v note_v chap._n 30._o the_o chief_a point_n or_o head_n of_o this_o chapter_n be_v these_o jacobs_n child_n by_o other_o laban_n hardness_n to_o jacob_n jacobs_n painful_a diligence_n notwithstanding_o for_o particular_n first_o the_o text_n say_v that_o when_o rachel_n see_v she_o bear_v no_o child_n as_o her_o sister_n do_v she_o envy_a her_o sister_n etc._n etc._n where_o both_o her_o envy_n and_o unaduised_a speech_n to_o her_o husband_n to_o give_v her_o child_n show_v the_o frailty_n of_o woman_n when_o they_o want_v any_o thing_n that_o they_o much_o desire_v will_n they_o be_v not_o patient_a and_o moderate_a as_o they_o shall_v be_v but_o suffer_v affection_n and_o passion_n to_o carry_v they_o headlong_o both_o into_o sin_n against_o god_n and_o offence_n to_o their_o husband_n we_o see_v it_o here_o in_o rachel_n otherwise_o a_o good_a woman_n no_o doubt_n of_o it_o and_o let_v the_o foulness_n of_o the_o spot_n in_o she_o make_v we_o wise_a and_o wary_a to_o avoid_v it_o in_o ourselves_o it_o grace_v not_o she_o it_o can_v grace_v we_o nay_o it_o disgrace_v she_o and_o it_o will_v all_o to_o blur_v and_o blot_v us._n she_o wish_v not_o to_o other_o as_o to_o herself_o no_o not_o to_o her_o own_o sister_n no_o more_o do_v we_o i_o fear_v i_o she_o praise_v not_o god_n aswell_o for_o his_o mercy_n to_o other_o as_o to_o herself_o no_o more_o do_v we_o i_o fear_v i_o yet_o both_o she_o and_o we_o bind_v to_o do_v it_o better_o than_o be_v the_o spirit_n that_o not_o find_v in_o itself_o what_o it_o wish_v joy_v yet_o unfeigned_o that_o other_o have_v it_o 2._o 2_o the_o answer_n that_o jacob_n make_v to_o her_o unaduised_a speech_n may_v very_o well_o show_v we_o seruer_n what_o answer_v all_o saint_n seruer_n shall_v have_v at_o their_o saint_n hand_n if_o they_o hear_v the_o petition_n that_o be_v make_v unto_o they_o namely_o as_o jacob_n answer_v rachel_n be_o i_o in_o god_n steed_n to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o for_o thou_o for_o the_o 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beginning_n the_o name_n of_o the_o child_n show_v their_o affection_n which_o impose_v they_o and_o so_o sometime_o still_o as_o yet_o among_o us._n 14_o 4_o reuben_n go_v forth_o in_o the_o wheat_n harvest_n and_o find_v mandrake_n mandrake_n to_o discourse_n whereof_o belong_v rather_o to_o physician_n than_o divine_n it_o be_v a_o herb_n who_o root_n have_v a_o certain_a likeness_n of_o the_o figure_n of_o a_o man_n there_o be_v male_a and_o female_a of_o it_o that_o be_v two_o sort_n differ_v in_o greatness_n both_o of_o root_n leaf_n and_o fruit_n which_o common_o man_n call_v after_o this_o sort_n the_o fruit_n of_o the_o female_a as_o be_v write_v in_o quantity_n like_o a_o chestnut_n or_o wallnut_n the_o apple_n of_o the_o male_a as_o great_a as_o a_o egg_n the_o root_n fork_v as_o man_n be_v the_o smell_n of_o it_o very_o pass_v pleasant_a for_o the_o force_n of_o it_o to_o work_v love_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o other_o to_o justify_v that_o so_o write_v of_o it_o for_o the_o 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