these_o patriarch_n â—ere_z for_o this_o will_v serve_v towards_o the_o solving_a those_o example's_n he_o put_v of_o abram_n power_n of_o peace_n and_o â—ar_n and_o of_o judah_n power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n over_o 〈◊〉_d daughter-in-law_n thamar_n we_o will_v first_o then_o conâ—er_v the_o power_n of_o a_o father_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n â—er_o his_o child_n and_o then_o that_o of_o a_o master_n of_o a_o faâ—ly_a over_o his_o wife_n servants_z or_o slave_n to_o begin_v â—…th_n that_o of_o a_o father_n as_o the_o most_o worthy_a i_o shall_v deavour_v to_o search_v into_o the_o original_a of_o the_o father_n â—wer_n over_o the_o person_n of_o his_o child_n and_o how_o far_o extend_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o power_n of_o father_n over_o their_o â—ildren_n can_v only_o take_v place_n in_o the_o state_n of_o wedlock_n 〈◊〉_d as_o to_o child_n get_v out_o of_o marriage_n it_o be_v uncertain_a â—o_o be_v their_o father_n who_o can_v only_o be_v know_v by_o the_o 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