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nay_o rather_o as_o ezechiel_n teach_v the_o same_o be_v find_v wrap_v in_o blood_n and_o mire_n 30_o ezec._n 16_o 30_o also_o the_o father_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n seem_v sometime_o to_o have_v have_v wife_n without_o dowry_n so_o than_o it_o seem_v meet_v to_o be_v decree_v that_o man_n may_v and_o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o receive_v dowry_n when_o they_o be_v give_v and_o that_o the_o same_o custom_n be_v honest_a so_o that_o a_o just_a measure_n be_v not_o exceed_v and_o that_o he_o which_o marry_v be_v not_o allure_v thereunto_o through_o the_o name_n of_o the_o dowry_n as_o be_v the_o principal_a cause_n the_o manner_n and_o godliness_n of_o the_o wife_n ought_v chéeflie_o to_o be_v regard_v neither_o ought_v any_o man_n forthwith_o to_o persuade_v himself_o if_o i_o shall_v marry_v a_o wife_n without_o a_o dowry_n i_o shall_v therefore_o have_v she_o the_o better_a and_o the_o more_o at_o quiet_a jerom._n jerom._n since_o as_o jerom_n declare_v in_o his_o first_o 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2._o heb._n 3_o 2._o as_o god_n bear_v record_n of_o he_o and_o that_o which_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o law_n 1._o deut._n 24_o 1._o touch_v divorsement_n afterward_o be_v command_v in_o malachi_n to_o wit_n 16._o mal._n 2_o 16._o if_o thou_o hate_v thy_o wife_n put_v she_o awale_v for_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o that_o hatred_n and_o enmity_n shall_v be_v retain_v in_o so_o near_a friendship_n wherefore_o institution_n christ_n call_v we_o hom_n unto_o the_o first_o institution_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n christ_n call_v we_o home_o unto_o the_o first_o institution_n for_o insomuch_o as_o now_o the_o spirit_n be_v more_o plentiful_a and_o grace_n more_o abundant_a man_n ought_v to_o use_v great_a patience_n and_o charity_n towards_o their_o wife_n and_o not_o so_o to_o deal_v against_o they_o as_o they_o shall_v reject_v they_o for_o every_o cause_n in_o like_a manner_n there_o be_v require_v of_o the_o wife_n a_o great_a obedience_n and_o modesty_n 53_o here_o thou_o will_v say_v unto_o i_o what_o if_o thou_o shall_v find_v at_o this_o day_n among_o christian_n such_o as_o be_v so_o hard-hearted_a and_o so_o obstinate_a in_o retain_v of_o hatred_n and_o enmity_n in_o wedlock_n as_o they_o be_v not_o only_o equal_a to_o the_o jew_n but_o also_o go_v beyond_o they_o therein_o see_v then_o the_o disease_n be_v all_o one_o why_o be_v not_o the_o same_o remedy_n leave_v unto_o who_o we_o answer_v that_o they_o which_o be_v of_o such_o sort_n be_v stranger_n from_o christ_n wherefore_o we_o commit_v they_o to_o the_o commonweal_n to_o determine_v of_o they_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v most_o expedient_a for_o when_o they_o can_v be_v amend_v by_o the_o church_n let_v we_o count_v they_o for_o ethnik_n and_o publican_n let_v we_o deal_v with_o they_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n 7._o why_o paul_n intermit_v the_o exception_n of_o adultery_n 1._o cor._n 7._o we_o have_v it_o plain_o enough_o declare_v by_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n that_o a_o divorce_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v do_v unless_o it_o be_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o adultery_n the_o which_o exception_n if_o it_o be_v intermit_v by_o paul_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_n for_o when_o paul_n say_v that_o he_o speak_v not_o these_o thing_n but_o the_o lord_n he_o send_v we_o to_o the_o lord_n own_o word_n neither_o do_v he_o pluck_v any_o thing_n away_o from_o his_o commandment_n and_o when_o he_o say_v that_o he_o command_v not_o but_o the_o lord_n he_o make_v not_o those_o thing_n of_o small_a force_n which_o he_o teach_v before_o when_o they_o be_v not_o read_v to_o be_v expresselie_n speak_v of_o christ_n since_o even_o those_o thing_n be_v of_o the_o lord_n for_o he_o say_v and_o i_o think_v that_o i_o also_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n 40_o 1._o cor._n 7_o
he_o shall_v be_v move_v and_o perhaps_o it_o may_v so_o chance_v that_o affection_n will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o speak_v that_o which_o be_v just_a and_o right_o but_o at_o the_o length_n he_o conclude_v that_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o lie_v and_o he_o add_v moreover_o that_o if_o thou_o know_v that_o any_o unchaste_a woman_n love_v thou_o inordinatelie_o which_o also_o threaten_v to_o kill_v herself_o similitude_n a_o similitude_n yea_o and_o will_v do_v it_o indeed_o except_o thou_o assent_v to_o her_o wicked_a lust_n whether_o herein_o thou_o ought_v to_o commit_v any_o shameful_a thing_n against_o chastity_n i_o think_v not_o so_o likewise_o say_v he_o thou_o ought_v not_o to_o offend_v against_o the_o truth_n for_o save_v of_o thy_o neighbour_n life_n and_o moreover_o what_o a_o window_n shall_v be_v open_v unto_o lie_v if_o we_o shall_v determine_v to_o do_v otherwise_o for_o that_o which_o one_o shall_v think_v to_o be_v lawful_a in_o respect_n of_o life_n another_o will_v judge_v that_o he_o may_v do_v the_o same_o for_o money_n another_o for_o estimation_n or_o for_o defend_v of_o land_n and_o possession_n and_o so_o it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o there_o will_v be_v no_o measure_n nor_o end_n of_o lie_v we_o may_v not_o suffer_v say_v augustine_n that_o any_o man_n shall_v kill_v his_o own_o soul_n for_o the_o bodily_a life_n of_o another_o man_n no_o nor_o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o lie_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o any_o man_n soul_n every_o lie_n say_v john_n be_v not_o of_o god._n but_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o speak_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o of_o god_n life_n we_o must_v not_o lie_v no_o not_o to_o save_v a_o man_n life_n 39_o what_o if_o a_o man_n be_v seek_v out_o of_o murderer_n to_o be_v kill_v and_o that_o thou_o know_v that_o the_o man_n lie_v there_o hide_v where_o thou_o present_o be_v and_o they_o demand_v of_o thou_o if_o thou_o know_v whether_o he_o be_v there_o or_o no_o he_o answer_v that_o if_o thou_o be_v of_o a_o valiant_a courage_n and_o as_o become_v a_o christian_n thou_o must_v say_v where_o he_o be_v i_o know_v but_o i_o will_v not_o utter_v it_o do_v you_o what_o you_o will_n notwithstanding_o when_o the_o matter_n come_v to_o this_o point_n that_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o any_o man_n life_n thou_o must_v make_v a_o lie_n know_v thou_o that_o thou_o ought_v to_o commit_v the_o matter_n unto_o god_n and_o that_o thou_o have_v no_o more_o there_o to_o do_v either_o thou_o must_v answer_v that_o thou_o will_v not_o betray_v he_o or_o else_o thou_o must_v hold_v thy_o peace_n but_o by_o thy_o silence_n the_o murderer_n will_v suspect_v that_o he_o be_v in_o thy_o house_n and_o then_o thou_o shall_v seem_v to_o have_v give_v a_o occasion_n of_o his_o apprehension_n but_o in_o very_a deed_n thou_o have_v not_o give_v it_o for_o thou_o can_v not_o let_v he_o to_o think_v what_o he_o will_n wherefore_o the_o matter_n must_v rather_o be_v commit_v unto_o god_n than_o to_o make_v a_o lie_n howbeit_o thou_o must_v temper_v thy_o word_n with_o singular_a consideration_n namely_o that_o thou_o speak_v in_o such_o sort_n as_o thou_o utter_v not_o all_o and_o yet_o speak_v not_o false_o for_o in_o these_o case_n i_o think_v it_o be_v not_o forbid_v nay_o i_o rather_o think_v it_o most_o lawful_a to_o speak_v doubtful_o and_o as_o touch_v this_o question_n this_o be_v sufficient_a whether_o for_o modesty_n sake_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o lie_v upon_o the_o second_o of_o samuel_n chapter_n the_o 9_o verse_n the_o 8._o 18_o look_v in_o 1._o king_n 17_o 18_o 40_o there_o be_v some_o so_o importunate_a man_n as_o although_o god_n have_v heap_v his_o benefit_n upon_o they_o yet_o be_v they_o always_o complain_v we_o have_v bear_v the_o burden_n and_o heat_n of_o the_o day_n 12_o matt._n 20_o 12_o and_o yet_o do_v thou_o make_v we_o equal_a unto_o they_o some_o also_o be_v so_o modest_a as_o even_o in_o prosperity_n they_o humble_v themselves_o other_o be_v break_v with_o misery_n and_o be_v become_v more_o humble_a but_o they_o which_o in_o their_o loss_n and_o affliction_n retain_v still_o the_o fearsenes_n of_o nature_n be_v too_o insolent_a and_o obstinate_a humility_n be_v like_o a_o bridle_n modesty_n humility_n or_o modesty_n wherewith_o the_o insolency_n of_o our_o nature_n must_v be_v hold_v in_o his_o duty_n and_o man_n be_v most_o of_o all_o reclaim_v unto_o modesty_n when_o they_o begin_v to_o consider_v how_o very_a little_a they_o have_v of_o themselves_o howbeit_o the_o same_o humble_v of_o ourselves_o ought_v to_o be_v join_v with_o the_o acknowledge_v of_o god_n benefit_n for_o many_o while_o they_o be_v either_o ignorant_a thereof_o or_o else_o dissemble_v it_o become_v like_o unto_o beast_n as_o they_o which_o can_v one_o whit_n understand_v with_o what_o benefit_n they_o be_v endue_v by_o god_n but_o there_o must_v be_v a_o special_a regard_n have_v that_o we_o do_v not_o counterfeit_v that_o modesty_n and_o that_o the_o same_o consist_v not_o only_o in_o word_n but_o in_o the_o mind_n also_o yet_o to_o retain_v that_o virtue_n 8._o a_o man_n may_v not_o for_o modesty_n sake_n lie_v of_o himself_o rom._n 3_o 8._o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o thou_o to_o make_v a_o lie_n upon_o thyself_o for_o modesty_n sake_n for_o aristotle_n himself_o in_o his_o ethic_n reckon_v a_o lie_n among_o unhonest_a thing_n and_o as_o paul_n say_v we_o must_v not_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o augustine_n in_o his_o 8._o epistle_n to_o jerom_n touch_v this_o matter_n cit_v the_o word_n of_o paul_n to_o the_o corinthian_n 14_o 1._o co._n 15_o 14_o if_o christ_n be_v not_o rise_v in_o vain_a be_v our_o preach_n and_o your_o faith_n also_o be_v in_o vain_a for_o we_o be_v find_v false_a witness_n of_o god_n when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n raise_v up_o christ_n from_o the_o dead_a who_o he_o raise_v not_o up_o if_o the_o dead_a do_v not_o rise_v again_o but_o here_o say_v augustine_n a_o man_n may_v say_v unto_o paul_n why_o 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