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so_o speedy_o intermeddle_v which_o to_o he_o who_o perthaunce_n she_o never_o see_v before_o y_fw-mi u._fw-mi which_z thing_n can_v not_o be_v do_v w_z t_z out_z y_z t_z great_a loss_n of_o shamefastness_n &_o chastity_n in_o y_z e_z which_o do_v consist_v a_o great_a part_n of_o all_o good_a manner_n &_o public_a quietness_n a_o among_o all_o nation_n some_o there_o be_v betroth_v y_o it_o can_v not_o tarry_v ne_o abstayn_v y_z e_z which_o do_v both_o hurt_v themselves_o &_o eke_o their_o spouse_n jacob_n be_v many_o year_n in_o the_o self_n same_o pasture_n with_o rachel_n who_o he_o love_v y_z t_z which_o xxix_o be_v also_o promise_v he_o &_o call_v his_o wife_n and_o yet_o he_o uce_v she_o most_o hole_o such_o a_o man_n have_v two_o wyve_n be_v esteem_v far_o above_o the_o chasti_fw-la tie_n of_o many_o as_o s._n augustine_n do_v affirm_v of_o abraham_n jacob_n grandfather_n and_o he_o love_v rachel_n even_o unto_o death_n and_o hold_v she_o for_o his_o wife_n with_o all_o honesty_n if_o thy_o wife_n other_o by_o nature_n or_o by_o custom_n be_v shamefast_a increase_v thou_o the_o same_o by_o use_n and_o doctrine_n if_o she_o be_v lascivious_a and_o wanton_a refrain_v it_o so_o with_o severe_a disciplyne_v and_o correction_n that_o thou_o forget_v not_o to_o live_v mere_o and_o swetelye_o with_o she_o and_o in_o chastity_n purity_n and_o cleanness_n paul_n do_v command_v xiij_o that_o matrimonye_n shall_v be_v honourable_a among_o all_o man_n and_o the_o bed_n undefiled_a and_o to_o the_o thessalonians_n he_o say_v iiij_o let_v everye_o man_n use_v his_o own_o vessel_n in_o sanctification_n and_o holiness_n the_o which_o then_z tense_n whether_o we_o understand_v it_o of_o our_o own_o body_n or_o of_o our_o