one_o of_o the_o scripture_n without_o any_o manner_n of_o blame_n or_o reprehension_n and_o we_o be_v not_o rash_o to_o suppose_v person_n that_o be_v so_o high_o honour_v by_o god_n with_o a_o prophetic_a spirit_n a_o gift_n of_o miracle_n a_o priestly_a character_n annex_v for_o ever_o to_o the_o family_n of_o the_o one_o and_o a_o legislative_a power_n invest_v by_o god_n himself_o in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o other_o to_o have_v be_v spurious_a or_o illegitimate_a from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o whatever_o reason_n of_o convenience_n or_o interest_n there_o may_v be_v to_o hinder_v such_o marriage_n from_o be_v enter_v into_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o a_o matter_n of_o absolute_a and_o indispensible_a obligation_n till_o after_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n by_o moses_n and_o that_o if_o it_o have_v not_o be_v for_o the_o give_v of_o that_o law_n it_o will_v have_v remain_v still_o in_o the_o same_o prudential_a indifference_n which_o it_o have_v before_o for_o what_o be_v once_o lawful_a must_v always_o continue_v so_o till_o a_o superven_a law_n forbid_v it_o and_o make_v it_o unlawful_a but_o if_o the_o marriage_n of_o the_o nephew_n to_o his_o aunt_n be_v a_o marriage_n good_a and_o valid_a before_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n by_o moses_n that_o of_o the_o uncle_n to_o his_o niece_n be_v much_o more_o it_o be_v in_o many_o repect_v a_o more_o favourable_a case_n as_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o declare_v and_o therefore_o not_o be_v any_o where_o express_o forbid_v it_o must_v continue_v still_o as_o it_o be_v prudential_n and_o indifferent_a and_o consequent_o lawful_a for_o when_o restraint_n be_v lay_v upon_o lawful_a thing_n there_o be_v no_o inference_n from_o the_o prohibition_n of_o one_o thing_n to_o the_o prohibition_n of_o another_o by_o parity_n of_o reason_n whether_o pretend_v or_o real_a but_o the_o prohibition_n stop_v within_o itself_o and_o extend_v no_o further_a than_o the_o letter_n as_o if_o part_n of_o a_o common_a field_n 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but_o may_v have_v forbid_v it_o without_o any_o manner_n of_o reflection_n upon_o himself_o or_o his_o relation_n if_o god_n have_v intend_v to_o prohibit_v they_o both_o alike_o be_v a_o thing_n to_o i_o so_o incredible_a that_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o and_o i_o presume_v it_o will_v appear_v so_o to_o every_o indifferent_a person_n that_o shall_v reflect_v upon_o it_o fourteen_o there_o be_v also_o the_o case_n of_o achsah_n and_o othniel_n in_o the_o book_n of_o josuah_n and_o judge_n in_o which_o if_o we_o understand_v the_o text_n so_o as_o that_o othniel_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n shall_v be_v the_o half-brother_n of_o caleb_n by_o the_o mohters_n side_n for_o caleb_n be_v not_o the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n but_o jephunneh_n then_o here_o be_v another_o instance_n after_o the_o law_n of_o the_o uncle_n marry_v his_o niece_n the_o daughter_n of_o his_o half-brother_n by_o the_o mother_n side_n the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n be_v these_o jos_n 15._o 17._o othniel_n the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n the_o brother_n of_o caleb_n take_v it_o kirjath-seph_a and_o he_o give_v he_o achsah_n his_o daughter_n to_o wise_a and_o again_o judge_n 1._o 13._o othniel_n the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n caleb_n young_a brother_n take_v it_o kirjath-seph_a which_o word_n in_o both_o place_n may_v either_o be_v so_o interpret_v that_o othniel_n have_v this_o double_a relation_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n and_o he_o be_v likewise_o caleb_n young_a brother_n by_o the_o mother_n side_n and_o than_o achsah_n the_o daughter_n of_o caleb_n will_v be_v othniel_n niece_n and_o his_o niece_n by_o a_o near_a consanguinity_n than_o that_o in_o the_o case_n before_o we_o or_o else_o that_o othniel_n be_v the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n which_o kenaz_n be_v young_a brother_n to_o caleb_n and_o so_o othniel_n and_o achsah_n will_v be_v cousin-german_n both_o of_o these_o interpretation_n if_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o these_o word_n to_o be_v consider_v be_v very_o natural_a and_o easy_a but_o when_o we_o consider_v that_o after_o the_o death_n of_o caleb_n and_o josuah_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v make_v captive_a by_o cushan-rishathaim_a for_o the_o space_n of_o eight_o year_n judg._n 3._o 8._o that_o god_n raise_v up_o this_o othniel_n to_o be_v their_o saviour_n and_o deliverer_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o oppressor_n ver_fw-la 9_o 10._o and_o that_o the_o land_n have_v rest_n afterward_o under_o the_o government_n of_o this_o othniel_n for_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n no_o man_n will_v ever_o think_v that_o caleb_n and_o othniel_n in_o that_o age_n of_o the_o world_n can_v probable_o be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o same_o mother_n when_o it_o be_v so_o plain_o demonstrable_a that_o there_o be_v at_o least_o forty_o nine_o or_o fifty_o year_n difference_n between_o their_o age_n for_o to_o this_o forty_o eight_o we_o must_v add_v one_o or_o two_o more_o because_o before_o this_o period_n begin_v they_o be_v both_o cotemporary_a and_o caleb_n if_o he_o be_v brother_n to_o othniel_n be_v then_o the_o elder_a by_o a_o year_n or_o two_o at_o the_o least_o but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o chap._n 2._o 8._o we_o have_v a_o account_n that_o josuah_n die_v and_o ver_fw-la 10._o that_o all_o that_o generation_n of_o which_o caleb_n be_v one_o be_v gather_v to_o their_o father_n and_o then_o before_o this_o revolution_n of_o cushan-rishathaim_a we_o have_v a_o account_n of_o several_a other_o oppression_n which_o the_o jew_n for_o their_o many_o sin_n and_o provocation_n labour_v under_o so_o that_o the_o distance_n between_o the_o age_n of_o caleb_n and_o othniel_n be_v still_o considerable_o great_a than_o what_o have_v be_v represent_v it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o achsah_n and_o othniel_n be_v cousin-german_n that_o be_v brother_n child_n who_o in_o their_o circumstance_n may_v lawful_o marry_v for_o it_o appear_v that_o achsah_n be_v a_o heiress_n otherwise_o her_o father_n can_v not_o have_v give_v she_o the_o south-land_n as_o he_o do_v and_o add_v afterward_o to_o it_o the_o upper_a and_o the_o nether_a spring_n all_o which_o by_o the_o mosaic_a platform_n of_o inheritance_n will_v otherwise_o have_v devolve_v upon_o the_o male_a issue_n if_o you_o ask_v how_o any_o woman_n can_v be_v call_v a_o heiress_n while_o her_o father_n be_v yet_o live_v i_o answer_v that_o in_o strictness_n she_o can_v not_o yet_o be_v call_v by_o that_o name_n there_o be_v no_o inheritance_n necessary_o devolve_v upon_o she_o but_o her_o father_n be_v now_o so_o old_a that_o he_o be_v past_o the_o hope_n or_o expectation_n of_o any_o more_o child_n for_o at_o the_o first_o entrance_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n into_o the_o wilderness_n he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n numb_a 13._o 6._o and_o one_o of_o those_o who_o together_o with_o josuah_n and_o other_o v._o 17._o be_v send_v by_o moses_n to_o spy_v out_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n after_o this_o they_o remain_v in_o the_o wilderness_n forty_o year_n and_o josuah_n who_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v much_o of_o the_o same_o age_n with_o caleb_n soon_o after_o his_o entrance_n upon_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n die_v be_v at_o his_o death_n of_o the_o age_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n jos_n 24._o 29._o judg._n 2._o 8._o and_o if_o we_o allow_v ten_o or_o twenty_o year_n by_o which_o josuah_n without_o any_o reason_n that_o appear_v shall_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v old_a than_o caleb_n the_o age_n of_o caleb_n at_o the_o marriage_n of_o his_o daughter_n achsah_n will_v be_v a_o hundred_o or_o ninety_o at_o least_o wherefore_o be_v so_o old_a and_o unfit_a in_o person_n to_o be_v at_o the_o head_n of_o a_o vigorous_a assault_n he_o propound_v the_o take_n of_o kirjath-seph_a to_o some_o other_o with_o a_o reward_n he_o that_o smite_v
be_v neither_o forbid_v in_o express_a word_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v infer_v to_o be_v unlawful_a by_o parity_n of_o reason_n and_o since_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o levitical_a law_n be_v in_o this_o case_n of_o matrimony_n the_o declare_a measure_n of_o we_o it_o follow_v avoidable_a that_o what_o be_v leave_v indifferent_a in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n preserve_v the_o same_o liberty_n and_o indifference_n in_o we_o in_o the_o sixteenth_o place_n it_o be_v still_o further_o to_o be_v consider_v that_o cohabitation_n itself_o if_o it_o have_v be_v of_o long_a continuance_n be_v in_o law_n a_o powerful_a remedy_n against_o other_o defect_n for_o so_o we_o have_v it_o upon_o the_o authority_n of_o servius_n tribus_fw-la modis_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la nuptiae_fw-la fiebant_fw-la usu_fw-la far_o &_o coemptione_fw-la usu_fw-la si_fw-la verbi_fw-la gratia_fw-la mulier_fw-la anno_fw-la uno_fw-la cum_fw-la viro_fw-la licet_fw-la sine_fw-la legibus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o that_o if_o the_o party_n marry_v together_o and_o stand_v in_o this_o relation_n have_v cohabit_v for_o any_o considerable_a time_n this_o be_v one_o great_a argument_n and_o have_v be_v all_o along_o so_o take_v in_o the_o civil_a law_n against_o a_o divorce_n notwithstanding_o there_o be_v a_o fault_n admit_v in_o their_o first_o come_v together_o seventeenth_o this_o case_n be_v only_o the_o niece_n by_o the_o half_a blood_n on_o the_o father_n side_n which_o be_v the_o more_o weak_a and_o imperfect_a this_o be_v still_o a_o far_a circumstance_n very_o much_o conduce_v to_o favour_n and_o defend_v it_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o case_n of_o abraham_n who_o marry_v his_o half_a sister_n by_o the_o father_n side_n for_o have_v she_o be_v his_o whole_a sister_n she_o can_v not_o have_v be_v his_o wife_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o he_o urge_v in_o his_o own_o defence_n to_o abimelech_n the_o king_n of_o gerar_n she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o my_o father_n but_o not_o the_o daughter_n of_o my_o mother_n and_o she_o become_v my_o wife_n and_o deut._n 13._o 6._o it_o be_v provide_v in_o case_n of_o idolatry_n if_o thy_o brother_n the_o son_n of_o thy_o mother_n or_o thy_o son_n or_o thy_o daughter_n or_o the_o wife_n of_o thy_o bosom_n or_o thy_o friend_n which_o be_v as_o thy_o own_o soul_n entice_v thou_o secret_o say_v let_v we_o go_v and_o serve_v other_o god_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 8._o thou_o shall_v not_o consent_v unto_o he_o nor_o hearken_v unto_o he_o neither_o shall_v thy_o eye_n pity_v he_o neither_o shall_v thou_o spare_v neither_o shall_v thou_o conceal_v he_o ver_fw-la 9_o but_o thou_o shall_v sure_o kill_v he_o thy_o hand_n shall_v be_v first_o upon_o he_o to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o afterward_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o the_o people_n the_o meaning_n of_o which_o law_n be_v that_o idolatry_n shall_v certain_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n let_v the_o relation_n be_v never_o so_o nigh_o or_o the_o endearment_n and_o friendship_n never_o so_o great_a as_o appear_v by_o those_o word_n or_o the_o wife_n of_o thy_o bosom_n or_o thy_o friend_n which_o be_v as_o thy_o own_o soul_n and_o when_o it_o be_v say_v thy_o brother_n the_o son_n of_o thy_o mother_n without_o mention_n of_o the_o brother_n by_o the_o father_n it_o be_v imply_v that_o the_o one_o be_v near_a of_o kin_n than_o the_o other_o in_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o levitical_a law_n this_o best_a answer_v the_o intention_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n which_o do_v oblige_v they_o not_o to_o conceal_v even_o their_o near_a relation_n and_o in_o this_o prohibition_n the_o brother_n be_v the_o son_n or_o suppose_a son_n of_o the_o father_n be_v include_v à _fw-la fortiori_fw-la last_o the_o whole_a stress_n of_o our_o adversary_n cause_n be_v ground_v upon_o archbishop_n parker_n matrimonial_a table_n and_o though_o we_o be_v far_o from_o presume_v to_o dispute_v the_o king_n power_n in_o dispense_n with_o a_o statute_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n of_o which_o he_o be_v the_o judge_n yet_o in_o all_o ordinary_a case_n he_o be_v never_o suppose_v to_o intend_v it_o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o when_o among_o other_o article_n present_v to_o he_o by_o the_o convocation_n he_o give_v the_o royal_a assent_n to_o the_o matrimonial_a table_n in_o which_o the_o uncle_n be_v prohibit_v to_o marry_v his_o niece_n the_o convocation_n themselves_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o degree_n be_v some_o way_n or_o other_o prohibit_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o king_n agree_v to_o this_o prohibition_n among_o other_o upon_o that_o supposition_n but_o now_o since_o it_o appear_v so_o plain_o that_o this_o sort_n of_o marriage_n be_v never_o actual_o forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o intend_v to_o be_v forbid_v either_o nothing_o but_o god_n law_n can_v impeach_v any_o marriage_n and_o by_o consequence_n this_o can_v be_v impeach_v or_o else_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n may_v be_v repeal_v by_o a_o act_n of_o convocation_n which_o yet_o have_v no_o power_n to_o make_v any_o law_n or_o ordinance_n whatsoever_o but_o what_o the_o parliament_n itself_o have_v give_v it_o and_o the_o parliament_n can_v never_o be_v suppose_v to_o put_v a_o power_n destructive_a of_o their_o very_a constitution_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o clergy_n meet_v together_o in_o a_o convocation_n nay_o they_o have_v express_o provide_v with_o the_o king_n be_v royal_a assent_n who_o without_o necessity_n which_o can_v here_o be_v pretend_v will_v never_o break_v his_o word_n with_o his_o people_n and_o then_o the_o breach_n of_o it_o be_v the_o true_a justice_n that_o no_o convocation_n shall_v exercise_v any_o such_o power_n finis_fw-la
a_o abstract_n of_o the_o argument_n in_o mr._n tvrner_n paper_n concern_v the_o marriage_n of_o a_o uncle_n with_o the_o daughter_z of_o his_o half-brother_n by_o the_o father's-side_n london_n print_v in_o the_o year_n 1686._o a_o abstract_n of_o the_o argument_n in_o mr._n tvrner_n paper_n concern_v the_o marriage_n of_o a_o uncle_n with_o the_o daughter_n of_o his_o half-brother_n by_o the_o father_n side_n first_o the_o aforesaid_a marriage_n be_v not_o express_o forbid_v in_o any_o act_n of_o parliament_n wherein_o the_o degree_n prohibit_v be_v set_v down_o second_o it_o be_v not_o express_o mention_v in_o the_o levitical_a law_n which_o the_o law_n of_o england_n follow_v as_o its_o pattern_n three_o the_o law_n of_o england_n especicial_o in_o its_o penal_a sanction_n have_v no_o regard_n to_o parity_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o case_n be_v usual_o the_o same_o in_o privilege_n or_o exemption_n this_o appear_v by_o several_a proof_n allege_v to_o this_o purpose_n pag._n 25_o 26_o 27._o of_o the_o first_o discourse_n and_o this_o be_v likewise_o prove_v more_o large_o by_o three_o other_o consideration_n mention_v afterward_o pag._n 68_o 69_o 70._o the_o first_o be_v of_o a_o privilege_n allow_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n to_o a_o knight_n elder_a son_n which_o shall_v not_o extend_v to_o the_o elder_a son_n of_o a_o baronet_n the_o second_o be_v a_o matrimonial_a custom_n concern_v the_o marriage_n of_o two_o brother_n to_o two_o sister_n or_o of_o brother_n and_o sister_n to_o sister_n and_o brother_n or_o of_o the_o son-in-law_n to_o the_o mother-in-law_n daughter_n or_o father-in-law_n daughter_n which_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o pretend_v to_o be_v disallow_v by_o our_o law_n notwithstanding_o they_o be_v all_o of_o they_o so_o great_a and_o manifest_a violation_n of_o the_o great_a and_o fundamental_a reason_n if_o all_o these_o prohibition_n which_o be_v to_o spread_v friendship_n and_o propagate_v goodwill_n and_o charity_n among_o man_n by_o not_o restrain_v the_o matrimonial_a affinity_n within_o too_o narrow_a a_o a_o compass_n the_o three_o be_v take_v from_o the_o express_a word_n of_o the_o statute_n 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 22._o wherein_o the_o particular_a prohibit_v degree_n which_o be_v there_o enumerate_v and_o set_v down_o be_v usher_v in_o with_o a_o that_o be_v to_o say_v and_o afterward_o there_o be_v reference_n make_v to_o the_o say_a degree_n by_o the_o word_n afore_v rehearse_v and_o above_o express_v by_o which_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o this_o act_n stick_v close_o to_o its_o own_o letter_n without_o admit_v parity_n or_o probable_a interpretation_n it_o be_v absurd_a to_o suppose_v the_o word_n that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o refer_v to_o those_o particular_n of_o which_o no_o mention_n afterward_o be_v make_v or_o that_o the_o word_n afore_o rehearse_v or_o above_o express_v can_v refer_v to_o such_o pretend_a instance_n of_o prohibition_n as_o be_v not_o where_o rehearse_v or_o express_v for_o certain_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o rehearse_v or_o to_o express_v and_o another_o to_o intimate_v to_o infer_v to_o argue_v by_o parity_n consequence_n or_o deduction_n how_o natural_a easy_a and_o genuine_a soever_o they_o be_v and_o this_o be_v still_o far_o make_v out_o against_o the_o exception_n of_o my_o lord_n chief_a justice_n vaughan_n pag._n 13_o 14_o 15_o 16._o of_o the_o addenda_fw-la &_o mutanda_fw-la four_o learned_a man_n be_v divide_v in_o their_o opinion_n concern_v the_o nature_n of_o these_o law_n whether_o they_o be_v natural_a or_o mere_o positive_a among_o the_o latter_a sort_n be_v paulus_n burgensis_n cajetanus_n c._n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la sanchez_n and_o the_o author_n by_o he_o cite_v tirinus_n lorinus_n menochius_fw-la and_o magalianus_n and_o among_o the_o reform_a three_o great_a authority_n drusius_n episcopius_n and_o our_o learned_a bishop_n tailor_n and_o they_o that_o with_o these_o gentleman_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n that_o the_o obligation_n of_o 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