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be_v no_o excuse_n but_o the_o large_a sense_n of_o a_o brother_n in_o the_o hebrew_n we_o be_v brethren_n say_v abraham_n to_o lot_n yet_o he_o be_v lot_n uncle_n so_o be_v kenaz_n a_o progenitor_n to_o othniel_n for_o caleb_n be_v style_v the_o son_n of_o jephunneh_n the_o kenezite_n josh._n 14._o 14._o &_o num._n 32_o 12._o the_o case_n be_v only_o this_o kenaz_n be_v the_o ancestor_n of_o caleb_n and_o one_o of_o the_o same_o name_n be_v his_o brother_n the_o father_n of_o othniel_n what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a than_o 1_o chron._n 4._o 13._o and_o the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n othniel_n &_o seraiah_n so_o as_o if_o we_o take_v this_o most_o strict_o to_o the_o letter_n it_o imply_v nothing_o but_o the_o marriage_n of_o two_o cousin_n german_a othniel_n the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n and_o achsah_n the_o daughter_n of_o caleb_n brother_n child_n as_o bucer_n upon_o the_o place_n melanchton_n in_o his_o tract_n de_fw-fr conjugio_fw-la junius_n and_o indeed_o who_o otherwise_o and_o now_o by_o this_o time_n you_o see_v what_o a_o poor_a ground_n this_o be_v to_o build_v upon_o rather_o you_o see_v a_o castle_n not_o build_v on_o the_o sand_n but_o in_o the_o air_n mere_a misconceit_n but_o say_v the_o advocate_n this_o marriage_n be_v no_o where_o direct_o forbid_v in_o the_o law_n i_o must_v tell_v he_o it_o be_v but_o a_o mere_a shuffle_n to_o stand_v upon_o the_o term_n of_o a_o direct_a prohibition_n when_o there_o be_v one_o no_o less_o forceable_a &_o convictive_a two_o way_n may_v ought_v be_v effectual_o forbid_v in_o the_o law_n either_o in_o plain_a expression_n of_o term_n or_o in_o clear_a implication_n of_o sense_n sure_o that_o be_v rather_o more_o in_o the_o law_n which_o it_o mean_v irrefragable_o than_o what_o it_o verbal_o express_v now_o however_o this_o be_v not_o in_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n yet_o in_o the_o sense_n it_o be_v the_o same_o law_n that_o forbid_v the_o nephew_n to_o marry_v the_o aunt_n do_v eadem_fw-la operâ_fw-la forbid_v 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not_o marry_v the_o father_n sister_n why_o so_o for_o she_o be_v thy_o father_n near_a kinswoman_n v_o 12._o lo_o it_o be_v the_o nearness_n of_o blood_n that_o make_v this_o match_n unlawful_a not_o respect_n of_o civil_a inequality_n where_o the_o blood_n than_o be_v equal_o near_a the_o marriage_n must_v be_v equal_o unlawful_a that_o rule_n of_o law_n which_o be_v pretend_v in_o prohibitoriis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la permittitur_fw-la what_o be_v not_o forbid_v be_v permit_v have_v need_n of_o a_o fair_a construction_n indeed_o that_o which_o be_v not_o forbid_v either_o in_o word_n or_o in_o necessary_a analogy_n &_o implication_n of_o sense_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v leave_v at_o large_a but_o what_o place_n have_v this_o axiom_n in_o a_o case_n not_o less_o real_o forbid_v than_o the_o express_v and_o if_o we_o shall_v strict_o follow_v the_o letter_n of_o this_o maxim_n it_o will_v lead_v we_o into_o sodom_n since_o there_o be_v marriage_n not_o 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