they_o may_v also_o say_v let_v god_n make_v my_o righteousness_n answer_v for_o i_o object_n but_o jacob_n in_o that_o place_n deal_v not_o so_o just_o but_o rather_o cunning_o with_o laban_n in_o help_v himself_o to_o his_o right_n by_o lay_v the_o streaked_a rod_n in_o the_o sheep_n water_v troughe_n whence_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o a_o servant_n may_v right_v his_o own_o wrong_n and_o supply_v out_o of_o his_o master_n good_n his_o own_o want_n answ._n but_o far_o be_v it_o from_o jacob_n to_o use_v therein_o any_o deceit_n who_o will_v not_o so_o bold_o have_v invocate_v the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o such_o a_o wicked_a purpose_n beside_o what_o he_o do_v be_v by_o god_n authority_n yea_o and_o direction_n 31.20_o who_o to_o help_v he_o to_o his_o right_n by_o dream_n as_o himself_o profess_v reveal_v unto_o he_o such_o a_o natural_a mean_n as_o in_o all_o likelihood_n he_o be_v ignorant_a of_o before_o neither_o be_v it_o jacob_n intention_n by_o cunning_a to_o conveie_v to_o 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sometime_o with_o his_o whole_a estate_n which_o he_o will_v not_o do_v to_o a_o thief_n now_o to_o deceive_v such_o as_o trust_v he_o so_o far_o be_v against_o all_o humanity_n for_o a_o man_n to_o take_v a_o purse_n by_o the_o high_a way_n to_o steal_v sheep_n to_o break_v a_o house_n be_v a_o notable_a point_n of_o the_o every_o in_o itself_o and_o in_o our_o account_n but_o none_o betru_v such_o a_o fellow_n no_o man_n look_v for_o any_o better_a from_o he_o no_o man_n be_v deceive_v in_o he_o but_o a_o strong_a thief_n be_v he_o that_o be_v untrusty_a to_o he_o that_o trust_v he_o and_o rely_v upon_o his_o fidelity_n use_v 1._o let_v this_o admonish_v servant_n to_o beware_v of_o such_o unrighteous_a way_n as_o be_v too_o common_a and_o usual_a some_o purloin_v from_o their_o master_n to_o divert_v to_o their_o own_o use_n some_o to_o riot_n away_o some_o to_o play_v away_o some_o to_o give_v away_o in_o which_o course_n some_o be_v so_o trade_v as_o that_o much_o better_o be_v it_o for_o many_o master_n to_o trust_v to_o a_o break_a tooth_n or_o a_o slide_n foot_n then_o to_o put_v any_o confidence_n in_o they_o 25.19_o but_o fearful_a be_v that_o sentence_n against_o they_o 1._o thess._n 4.6_o god_n be_v the_o avenger_n of_o all_o such_o thing_n second_o such_o master_n as_o be_v toil_v and_o injure_v by_o the_o unfaithfulnes_n of_o their_o servant_n have_v great_a cause_n to_o examine_v their_o own_o way_n in_o former_a day_n and_o say_v to_o their_o own_o heart_n have_v i_o be_v unfaithful_a to_o my_o master_n and_o have_v i_o make_v no_o restitution_n see_v i_o shall_v have_v repay_v a_o five_o part_v more_o than_o that_o i_o be_v unjust_a in_o that_o be_v all_o confiscate_v and_o by_o god_n just_a judgement_n may_v carry_v much_o more_o with_o it_o yea_o and_o bring_v a_o curse_n on_o all_o the_o rest_n see_v levit._n 6.4.5_o thus_o ought_v the_o unrighteousness_n of_o servant_n to_o force_v master_n to_o righteous_a deal_n but_o show_v all_o good_a faithfulness_n here_o the_o apostle_n extend_v the_o former_a precept_n and_o in_o this_o form_n of_o word_n affirmative_o propound_v it_o require_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o servant_n faithfulness_n not_o only_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o master_n good_n but_o in_o all_o other_o respect_n wherein_o a_o servant_n ought_v to_o be_v helpefull_a to_o his_o master_n in_o the_o former_a respect_n he_o must_v not_o only_o not_o waste_v his_o master_n good_n with_o the_o unfaithful_a steward_n but_o he_o must_v careful_o so_o far_o as_o in_o he_o lie_v increase_v they_o it_o be_v note_v a_o property_n of_o the_o evil_a servant_n that_o he_o increase_v not_o his_o master_n talon_n he_o be_v not_o accuse_v for_o decrease_v it_o but_o he_o put_v it_o not_o forth_o to_o his_o master_n advantage_n and_o yet_o much_o more_o must_v â—e_v by_o his_o providence_n diligence_n assiduity_n and_o care_n see_v that_o nothing_o be_v lose_v or_o miscarry_v through_o his_o default_n after_o the_o example_n of_o jacob_n and_o joseph_n who_o diligence_n be_v so_o approve_v that_o neither_o the_o keeper_n 2d_o nor_o pharaoh_n himself_o look_v to_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v under_o his_o hand_n in_o the_o latter_a regard_n he_o that_o will_v show_v all_o good_a faithfulness_n must_v be_v faithful_a 1._o in_o his_o master_n command_n ready_o and_o diligent_o to_o perform_v they_o of_o conscience_n and_o not_o for_o eye_n service_n show_v but_o whether_o his_o master_n eye_n be_v upon_o he_o or_o no._n wherein_o abraham_n servant_n give_v a_o notable_a precedent_n who_o master_n send_v he_o to_o seek_v a_o wife_n for_o izaak_n he_o present_o get_v he_o on_o his_o way_n pray_v to_o god_n for_o good_a success_n and_o dispatch_n of_o his_o business_n 24.12_o and_o the_o lord_n according_o direct_v he_o to_o bethuels_n house_n where_o meat_n be_v set_v before_o he_o he_o refuse_v to_o eat_v the_o least_o morsel_n till_o he_o have_v do_v his_o message_n 33._o but_o how_o many_o servant_n be_v there_o who_o in_o imitation_n of_o such_o a_o worthy_a example_n will_v neglect_v themselves_o to_o dispatch_v their_o master_n business_n but_o contrary_a hereunto_o be_v the_o idleness_n and_o lazine_n of_o many_o servant_n who_o affect_v their_o own_o ease_n hire_v other_o to_o do_v their_o work_n and_o pay_v they_o with_o their_o master_n money_n or_o good_n wherein_o the_o master_n sustain_v a_o double_a damage_n so_o also_o be_v that_o common_a vice_n of_o journeyman_n who_o must_v first_o serve_v their_o own_o turn_n and_o lust_n and_o then_o their_o master_n who_o present_a necessity_n be_v it_o never_o so_o urgent_a can_v neither_o command_v nor_o persuade_v the_o labour_n of_o such_o masterless_a vagrant_n 2._o in_o his_o counsel_n and_o secret_n never_o disclose_v any_o of_o his_o infirmity_n or_o weakness_n but_o by_o all_o lawful_a and_o good_a mean_n cover_v and_o hide_v they_o contrary_a hereunto_o be_v that_o wickedness_n of_o many_o servant_n who_o may_v indeed_o rather_o be_v account_v so_o many_o spy_n in_o the_o house_n who_o common_a practice_n be_v where_o they_o may_v be_v hear_v to_o blaze_v abroad_o whatsoever_o may_v tend_v to_o their_o master_n or_o mistress_n reproach_n have_v at_o once_o cast_v off_o both_o the_o religious_a fear_n of_o god_n as_o also_o the_o reverend_a respect_n of_o god_n image_n in_o the_o person_n of_o their_o superior_n 3._o in_o his_o message_n abroad_o both_o in_o the_o speedy_a execution_n and_o dispatch_n of_o they_o as_o also_o in_o his_o expense_n about_o they_o husband_v his_o master_n money_n cut_v off_o idle_a charge_n and_o bring_v home_o a_o just_a account_n hereby_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n watch_v he_o when_o his_o master_n eye_n can_v 4._o unto_o his_o master_n wife_n child_n servant_n wise_o with_o joseph_n distinguish_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v commit_v unto_o he_o 39.8_o from_o they_o that_o be_v except_v last_o as_o in_o all_o his_o action_n and_o carriage_n so_o also_o in_o every_o word_n shun_v all_o lie_a dissemble_a untruth_n whether_o for_o his_o master_n his_o own_o or_o other_o man_n advantage_n in_o the_o practice_n of_o which_o duty_n he_o become_v faithful_a in_o all_o his_o master_n house_n duty_n now_o to_o incite_v servant_n to_o all_o good_a faithfulness_n have_v show_v the_o principal_a thing_n wherein_o it_o consist_v let_v they_o consider_v 1._o the_o promise_n of_o blessing_n make_v to_o faithfulness_n prou._n 28.20_o the_o faithful_a person_n shall_v abound_v with_o blessing_n 2._o he_o that_o be_v faithful_a in_o little_a pave_v a_o way_n for_o himself_o to_o become_v ruler_n of_o much_o if_o god_n see_v it_o good_a for_o he_o 3._o the_o curse_n of_o unfaithful_a deal_n which_o lay_v open_v a_o man_n to_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 incline_n of_o salomon_n prosperity_n 1.6_o the_o first_o exception_n the_o lord_n take_v against_o he_o be_v that_o he_o love_v many_o outlandish_a woman_n 11.1_o which_o sin_n bring_v he_o to_o all_o the_o wickedness_n that_o be_v find_v in_o his_o hand_n 3._o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o patriarch_n be_v carry_v hereunto_o not_o by_o fleshly_a lust_n but_o in_o desire_n of_o increase_n of_o that_o holy_a seed_n which_o be_v in_o that_o one_o people_n i_o answer_v we_o may_v so_o religious_o and_o charitable_o conceive_v of_o they_o and_o in_o that_o regard_n of_o the_o lord_n more_o special_a indulgence_n and_o connivance_n yet_o can_v it_o not_o prove_v lawful_a it_o may_v make_v it_o in_o they_o a_o less_o evil_a but_o not_o no_o fault_n for_o if_o it_o have_v be_v lawful_a for_o the_o father_n in_o regard_n of_o multiply_v the_o church_n and_o fill_v the_o earth_n it_o have_v be_v much_o more_o lawful_a and_o fit_a for_o our_o first_o parent_n for_o to_o they_o be_v say_v increase_n and_o multiply_v and_o fill_v the_o earth_n and_o yet_o god_n permit_v it_o not_o to_o they_o but_o it_o creep_v into_o the_o world_n against_o that_o first_o institution_n object_n 2._o sam._n 12.8_o he_o give_v thy_o lord_n wife_n into_o thy_o bosom_n therefore_o david_n have_v many_o wife_n both_o of_o his_o own_o and_o saul_n the_o lord_n be_v the_o author_n ans._n those_o word_n into_o thy_o bosom_n indeed_o often_o signify_v the_o near_a conjunction_n of_o marriage_n yet_o here_o as_o in_o some_o other_o place_n it_o signify_v only_o that_o they_o be_v give_v under_o david_n power_n and_o hand_n namely_o into_o his_o subjection_n and_o so_o it_o signify_v sometime_o nothing_o else_o but_o to_o have_v something_o with_o a_o man_n as_o elsewhere_o david_n say_v he_o bear_v the_o reproach_n of_o the_o mighty_a in_o his_o bosom_n 89.50_o so_o here_o david_n have_v with_o he_o his_o master_n saul_n wife_n 2._o if_o the_o phrase_n shall_v not_o so_o be_v here_o take_v incest_n will_v be_v defend_v in_o david_n see_v the_o consanguinity_n of_o the_o wife_n be_v in_o the_o same_o degree_n to_o the_o husband_n as_o to_o the_o wife_n and_o therefore_o david_n can_v no_o more_o marry_v the_o stepmother_n of_o his_o wife_n mical_a then_o if_o they_o have_v be_v his_o own_o 3._o we_o never_o read_v that_o david_n take_v any_o of_o they_o that_o be_v saul_n to_o become_v wife_n unto_o himself_o object_n deut._n 21.10.15_o there_o be_v two_o law_n which_o seem_v to_o favour_v it_o if_o a_o man_n cast_v his_o affection_n upon_o a_o woman_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o a_o man_n have_v two_o wife_n the_o son_n of_o the_o hate_a if_o first_o bear_v shall_v inherit_v and_o therefore_o the_o lord_n at_o least_o permit_v polygamy_n ans._n
thrive_a in_o grace_n that_o they_o have_v wholesome_a meat_n psal._n 119.4_o behold_v i_o desire_v thy_o commandment_n quicken_v i_o in_o thy_o righteousness_n for_o as_o in_o the_o body_n if_o meat_n when_o it_o be_v digest_v send_v not_o virtue_n whereby_o the_o operation_n of_o it_o appear_v in_o all_o the_o part_n the_o body_n be_v disease_v some_o obstruction_n or_o oppilation_n hinder_v the_o work_n of_o it_o so_o be_v the_o soul_n obstruct_v with_o the_o itch_a ear_n covetous_a thought_n hardness_n of_o heart_n formal_a worship_n all_o which_o keep_v the_o soul_n barren_a and_o empty_a of_o grace_n yea_o lean_a and_o ill_a look_v in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n see_v therefore_o the_o lord_n have_v spread_v his_o table_n for_o we_o and_o liberal_o furnish_v it_o with_o store_n of_o this_o wholesome_a food_n let_v it_o appear_v in_o our_o soul_n by_o our_o strength_n to_o labour_v in_o christian_a duty_n to_o which_o we_o be_v call_v to_o overcome_v the_o temptation_n unto_o sin_n 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etc._n etc._n against_o all_o which_o the_o man_n of_o god_n must_v in_o special_a furnish_v and_o arm_v his_o people_n instant_o strive_v to_o root_v out_o such_o noisome_a weed_n as_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n appear_v out_o of_o the_o earthy_a heart_n of_o man_n as_o also_o to_o plant_v the_o contrary_a grace_n in_o their_o stead_n example_n of_o this_o practice_n we_o meet_v with_o all_o every_o where_o in_o the_o epistle_n paul_n in_o diverse_a of_o his_o epistle_n as_o to_o the_o colossian_n but_o especial_o to_o the_o ephesian_n describe_v in_o particular_a the_o duty_n of_o wife_n husband_n child_n father_n servant_n master_n see_v chap._n 5._o â—_o â—_o peter_n in_o the_o 2._o and_o 3._o chapter_n be_v as_o large_a in_o the_o distinct_a office_n of_o subject_n wife_n husband_n servant_n and_o from_o this_o practice_n the_o apostle_n john_n dissent_v not_o 1._o joh._n 2.12_o where_o he_o give_v his_o reason_n why_o he_o write_v to_o father_n to_o babe_n to_o old_a man_n and_o 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