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commandment_n of_o do_v no_o murder_n even_o to_o the_o not_o be_v angry_a with_o another_o without_o a_o cause_n v._o 22._o the_o precept_n of_o not_o commit_v adultery_n he_o make_v reach_v even_o to_o the_o forbid_v of_o lustful_a look_n and_o desire_v v._o 28._o he_o forbid_v all_o divorce_n unless_o in_o the_o case_n of_o fornication_n v._o 32._o he_o restore_v marriage_n to_o its_o primitive_a perfection_n by_o prohibit_v polygamy_n matth._n 19.5_o they_o two_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n emphatical_o they_o two_o as_o exclusive_a of_o more_o which_o we_o learn_v from_o v._o 9_o of_o the_o same_o chapter_n whosoever_o shall_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n except_o it_o be_v for_o fornication_n and_o shall_v marry_v another_o commit_v adultery_n for_o how_o weak_a will_v it_o have_v be_v to_o pronounce_v it_o adultery_n for_o a_o man_n to_o marry_v after_o a_o divorce_n if_o the_o add_v one_o wife_n to_o another_o before_o a_o divorce_n shall_v be_v no_o adultery_n and_o if_o it_o 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25.46_o they_o shall_v go_v into_o everlasting_a punishment_n i._n e._n they_o shall_v go_v into_o that_o which_o shall_v never_o cease_v nor_o have_v end_n the_o law_n of_o old_a do_v indeed_o in_o its_o strict_a constitution_n affix_v a_o curse_n to_o wit_n death_n upon_o every_o one_o that_o continue_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n write_v therein_o to_o do_v they_o but_o yet_o that_o rigour_n be_v so_o far_o mitigate_v that_o when_o less_o punishment_n be_v allow_v for_o some_o sin_n lust_n though_o still_o forbid_v may_v seem_v to_o have_v no_o penalty_n at_o all_o impose_v or_o else_o be_v think_v to_o be_v wipe_v off_o in_o course_n by_o the_o daily_a sacrifice_n hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o the_o jew_n if_o they_o can_v abstain_v from_o outward_a miscarriage_n be_v little_o concern_v for_o inward_a rectitude_n a_o freedom_n from_o punishment_n render_v the_o law_n of_o no_o weight_n with_o they_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o law_n of_o our_o lord_n they_o can_v be_v esteem_v to_o lose_v their_o efficacy_n for_o want_v of_o punishment_n annex_v whosoever_o shall_v break_v one_o of_o these_o least_o command_n and_o shall_v teach_v man_n so_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o least_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n i._n e._n he_o shall_v have_v no_o place_n in_o it_o shall_v be_v despise_v and_o reject_v by_o god_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n even_o the_o look_v upon_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o and_o the_o be_v angry_a with_o a_o brother_n without_o a_o cause_n be_v esteem_v by_o our_o lawgiver_n in_o the_o same_o rank_n with_o adultery_n and_o murder_n and_o shall_v be_v obnoxious_a to_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o punishment_n with_o they_o which_o be_v well_o signify_v by_o the_o word_n in_o st._n matth._n
5.22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o shall_v be_v liable_a to_o the_o judgement_n viz._n the_o court_n of_o the_o twenty_o three_o elder_n where_o the_o punishment_n be_v capital_a though_o in_o a_o more_o mild_a manner_n than_o in_o the_o council_n viz._n of_o the_o sanhedrim_n or_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n denote_v there_o by_o the_o expression_n of_o hell-fire_n and_o therefore_o the_o least_o punishment_n hereafter_o be_v such_o as_o answer_n to_o death_n here_o import_v no_o less_o than_o death_n eternal_a though_o a_o lesser_a degree_n thereof_o than_o what_o shall_v be_v inflict_v upon_o great_a sin_n theoph._n but_o can_v this_o motive_n be_v say_v any_o way_n to_o prevail_v for_o our_o love_n to_o these_o law_n it_o may_v excite_v indeed_o a_o dread_a but_o not_o likely_a our_o love._n eubul_n yet_o theophilus_n let_v thing_n be_v serious_o consider_v and_o even_o from_o this_o motive_n how_o dreadful_a soever_o it_o may_v at_o first_o view_n appear_v there_o 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