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4._o ver._n 2._o a_o discourse_n of_o samson_n how_o in_o his_o name_n a_o type_n of_o christ_n malachy_n ch
because_o the_o lord_n have_v be_v witness_n between_o thou_o and_o thy_o wife_n he_o allude_v to_o the_o use_n of_o contract_a deo_fw-la testae_fw-la god_n be_v call_v to_o witness_n and_o his_o name_n be_v call_v upon_o in_o the_o action_n and_o he_o as_o it_o be_v protest_v then_o the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o be_v as_o mont._n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d protestatus_fw-la or_o obtestatus_fw-la est_fw-la that_o his_o mind_n and_o will_n be_v that_o marriage_n shall_v be_v insoluble_a to_o you_o two_o and_o you_o two_o shall_v remain_v sole_o to_o each_o other_o this_o sense_n s._n hierom_n give_v and_o those_o that_o usual_o follow_v he_o theod._n remig._n lyr._n hugo_n but_o most_o clear_o ribera_n the_o wife_n of_o thy_o youth_n hebr._n of_o thy_o youth_n thy_o young_a wife_n so_o piscator_fw-la or_o thy_o wife_n who_o thou_o do_v marry_v when_o thou_o be_v young_a in_o who_o thy_o first_o love_n do_v rejoice_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v that_o whole_a age_n of_o adolescence_n or_o youth_n from_o infancy_n till_o the_o 25_o year_n the_o wife_n the_o lxx_o every_o where_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o woman_n we_o render_v it_o here_o wife_n and_o that_o right_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o woman_n when_o a_o genitive_a follow_v be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v here_o and_o present_o after_o and_o then_o it_o constant_o signify_v a_o woman_n a_o wife_n and_o it_o be_v so_o write_v once_o psalm_n 58.9_o though_o not_o in_o construction_n against_o who_o thou_o have_v deal_v treacherous_o the_o geneva_n transgress_v the_o chald._n lie_v montan._n praevaricate_v deal_v cunning_o and_o false_o the_o lxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leave_v or_o forsake_v that_o be_v treacherous_o for_o another_o yet_o be_v she_o thy_o companion_n vulg._n thy_o partner_n pagn_n thy_o fellow_n the_o tigur_n thy_o consort_n the_o name_n as_o menochius_fw-la observe_v by_o which_o the_o 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