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conscience_n to_o give_v she_o libellum_fw-la repudii_fw-la and_o part_n from_o she_o second_o suppose_v a_o man_n can_v not_o have_v justice_n do_v upon_o a_o adulterous_a wife_n when_o he_o do_v his_o best_a in_o prosecution_n of_o she_o and_o this_o be_v like_a enough_o to_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o many_o a_o man_n in_o that_o corrupt_a state_n of_o thing_n among_o the_o jew_n at_o that_o time_n and_o be_v actual_o so_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o law_n have_v be_v for_o a_o long_a time_n forbear_v and_o well_o may_v we_o â—hink_v it_o shall_v be_v so_o for_o all_o capital_a punishment_n be_v at_o â—hat_n time_n take_v from_o the_o jew_n and_o not_o in_o their_o power_n so_o the_o sanhedrim_n confess_v john_n 18._o 31._o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n â—o_o death_n in_o that_o case_n our_o saviour_n give_v free_a liberty_n for_o â—he_n husband_n to_o divorce_v himself_o from_o she_o and_o make_v use_n of_o â—hat_n freedom_n the_o jew_n take_v â—f_o put_v away_o three_o suppose_v a_o man_n be_v inward_o satisfy_v oâ—_n his_o wife_n unchastity_n and_o certain_o know_v within_o himself_o she_o be_v guilty_a of_o adultery_n yet_o have_v not_o such_o proof_n as_o will_v make_v it_o out_o in_o a_o judicial_a way_n to_o gain_v execution_n of_o the_o law_n against_o she_o in_o put_v she_o to_o death_n in_o such_o a_o case_n which_o we_o may_v easy_o suppose_v may_v often_o fall_v out_o our_o saviour_n set_v the_o man_n conscience_n freâ—_n to_o put_v she_o away_o and_o divorce_v himself_o from_o she_o in_o all_o these_o case_n our_o saviour_n allow_v divorce_n in_o case_n oâ—_n unchastity_n be_v of_o great_a uâ—â—_n then_o to_o settle_v the_o conscience_n of_o man_n who_o be_v oblige_v to_o the_o law_n and_o no_o infringement_n at_o all_o of_o the_o law_n itself_o he_o give_v a_o rule_n to_o limit_v that_o exorbitant_a liberty_n man_n take_v to_o themselves_o of_o put_v their_o wife_n away_o and_o tell_v they_o in_o what_o case_n only_o it_o may_v be_v do_v which_o be_v in_o case_n of_o fornication_n and_o that_o may_v very_o well_o happen_v to_o be_v the_o case_n though_o the_o law_n for_o punish_v it_o with_o death_n be_v still_o in_o force_n and_o so_o our_o saviour_n speak_v of_o it_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o accidental_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d divorce_n and_o put_v 〈◊〉_d but_o no_o way_n lay_v any_o aâ—â—â—â—_n upon_o the_o punishment_n the_o law_n inflict_v upon_o it_o the_o truth_n be_v our_o saviour_n promulge_v such_o a_o general_a law_n in_o the_o case_n as_o give_v a_o sufficient_a determination_n as_o thing_n then_o stand_v and_o may_v satisfy_v man_n conscience_n what_o then_o to_o do_v in_o the_o point_n of_o divorce_n and_o be_v to_o be_v also_o a_o rule_n to_o the_o church_n about_o that_o matter_n to_o all_o future_a age_n that_o our_o saviour_n intend_v it_o so_o be_v very_o evident_a from_o those_o general_a ground_n upon_o which_o it_o be_v establish_v and_o all_o the_o circumstance_n that_o attend_v it_o nor_o be_v there_o one_o word_n in_o that_o whole_a chapter_n but_o be_v of_o that_o nature_n it_o be_v evangelical_n as_o well_o as_o legal_a and_o look_v forward_o to_o the_o gospel-church_n to_o come_v as_o well_o as_o it_o contain_v a_o direction_n to_o the_o present_a church_n of_o the_o jew_n wherever_o throughout_o that_o chapter_n our_o saviour_n speak_v of_o any_o law_n in_o force_n among_o the_o jew_n even_o of_o the_o judicial_a law_n he_o induce_v by_o his_o determination_n about_o they_o that_o equity_n that_o be_v moral_a and_o perpetual_a in_o they_o and_o to_o last_o for_o ever_o in_o the_o church_n it_o seem_v also_o necessary_a there_o shall_v be_v some_o direction_n leave_v by_o our_o saviour_n in_o this_o point_n or_o else_o the_o church_n under_o the_o goâ—pel_n will_v have_v be_v whole_o without_o any_o rule_n about_o it_o and_o there_o can_v never_o have_v be_v upon_o any_o term_n whatever_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o divorce_v practise_v in_o the_o gospel-world_n for_o what_o moses_n permit_v about_o it_o be_v accidental_a and_o temporary_a and_o peculiar_a to_o the_o jew_n and_o our_o saviour_n show_v we_o the_o rise_n of_o it_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o and_o forbid_v all_o far_a practice_n of_o it_o the_o law_n against_o adultery_n and_o uncleanness_n determine_v those_o crime_n another_o way_n and_o beside_o that_o law_n of_o punish_v adultery_n with_o death_n be_v pure_o judicial_a as_o much_o as_o punish_v a_o disobedient_a child_n with_o death_n be_v so_o and_o whole_o relate_v to_o the_o jewish_a oeconomy_n it_o be_v true_a the_o offence_n in_o these_o case_n be_v moral_a and_o natural_a evil_n and_o do_v still_o so_o continue_v but_o that_o manner_n of_o punish_v they_o then_o be_v judicial_a and_o temporary_a we_o see_v at_o this_o day_n it_o be_v not_o a_o general_a establish_a law_n no_o not_o in_o the_o most_o christian_a nation_n to_o punish_v adultery_n with_o death_n and_o therefore_o our_o saviour_n who_o be_v guide_v by_o 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by_o rule_n in_o his_o act_n therein_o and_o sin_v if_o he_o transgress_v they_o for_o as_o one_o say_v god_n will_v by_o that_o expression_n in_o deut._n quae_fw-la probrum_fw-la aut_fw-la ut_fw-la 72_o interpr_fw-la verterunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d significat_fw-la admonere_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la ne_fw-la temerè_fw-la vxores_fw-la dimitterent_fw-la and_o say_v the_o same_o author_n notum_fw-la est_fw-la quosvis_fw-la judices_fw-la quorum_fw-la summae_fw-la &_o liberrimae_fw-la potestati_fw-la res_fw-la aliqua_fw-la permittitur_fw-la insontes_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la si_fw-la abaequi_fw-la bonique_fw-la regula_fw-la discedant_fw-la jus_o ergo_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quavis_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la vxorem_fw-la maritus_fw-la possit_fw-la expellere_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la notione_fw-la qua_fw-la praetor_n jus_o reddere_fw-la dicitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la injustè_fw-fr discernit_fw-la ut_fw-la paulus_n jurisconsultus_fw-la loquor_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o alibi_fw-la dixit_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la licet_fw-la honestum_fw-la esse_fw-la licere_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la usu_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la extra_fw-la poenam_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quominus_fw-la fiat_fw-la a_o nemine_fw-la impediri_fw-la potest_fw-la the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n cast_v it_o that_o way_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o she_o find_v no_o favour_n in_o his_o eye_n of_o which_o himself_o can_v only_o be_v the_o proper_a judge_n in_o the_o 19_o of_o matthew_n where_o the_o pharisee_n urge_v upon_o our_o saviour_n that_o moses_n require_v no_o more_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o divorce_n but_o to_o give_v a_o writing_n of_o divorcement_n our_o saviour_n do_v not_o deny_v it_o but_o seem_v to_o admit_v it_o only_o tell_v they_o moses_n do_v it_o for_o the_o hardness_n of_o their_o heart_n but_o from_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v not_o so_o the_o ancient_a form_n of_o their_o divorce_n import_v thus_o much_o mea_fw-la sponte_fw-la 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christus_fw-la qui_fw-la vxorem_fw-la dimissam_fw-la vult_fw-la libellum_fw-la det_fw-la repudii_fw-la dubitationem_fw-la omnem_fw-la nobis_fw-la josephus_n eximit_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la agens_fw-la ita_fw-la ait_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verum_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la hunc_fw-la actum_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la quam_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la cessionem_fw-la atque_fw-la alios_fw-la solenniores_fw-la solitos_fw-la coram_fw-la judicibus_fw-la peragi_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la digesta_fw-la talmudica_n docent_fw-la sed_fw-la erat_fw-la hoc_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la voluntariae_fw-la non_fw-la contentiosae_fw-la quomodo_fw-la manumissio_fw-la apud_fw-la praetorem_fw-la jure_fw-la romano_n cognitionem_fw-la igitur_fw-la svam_fw-la judex_fw-la non_fw-la interponebat_fw-la nisi_fw-la de_fw-la dote_v aut_fw-la donatione_fw-la propter_fw-la nuptias_fw-la controversia_fw-la inciderat_fw-la planè_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la romanos_fw-la and_o he_o add_v after_o caeterum_fw-la ut_fw-la graviora_fw-la mala_fw-la evitarentur_fw-la &_o veritatem_fw-la &_o gravitatem_fw-la causae_fw-la noluit_fw-la ad_fw-la alienum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la referri_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsius_fw-la mariti_fw-la animo_fw-la id_fw-la aestimandum_fw-la permisit_fw-la quod_fw-la mirum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la veterum_fw-la gallorum_n aliarumque_fw-la gentium_fw-la leges_fw-la jus_o aquavitae_fw-la &_o necis_fw-la in_o vxores_fw-la maritis_fw-la concesserint_fw-la for_o the_o three_o if_o strong_a suspicion_n the_o water_n of_o jealousy_n i_o assent_n to_o it_o he_o that_o doubt_v his_o wife_n chastity_n and_o in_o case_n he_o can_v be_v assure_v of_o her_o chastity_n resolve_v not_o to_o part_v with_o she_o and_o if_o she_o be_v find_v unchaste_a desire_v the_o execution_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o she_o obtain_v his_o end_n by_o the_o water_n of_o jealousy_n but_o i_o much_o question_n whether_o that_o be_v of_o a_o extraordinary_a nature_n be_v enjoy_v by_o the_o jew_n till_o our_o saviour_n time_n i_o rather_o suppose_v they_o never_o have_v the_o benefit_n of_o it_o after_o the_o captivity_n but_o that_o the_o use_n of_o it_o cease_v as_o it_o do_v of_o the_o urim_n and_o thummim_n that_o church_n be_v to_o determine_v god_n remove_v the_o pillar_n of_o it_o by_o degree_n i_o believe_v in_o our_o saviour_n time_n in_o fact_n thing_n stand_v thus_o the_o law_n against_o adultery_n be_v not_o execute_v nor_o indeed_o be_v it_o in_o their_o power_n to_o have_v it_o execute_v for_o the_o roman_n have_v reserve_v matter_n of_o life_n to_o their_o own_o judicatories_n though_o sometime_o the_o people_n will_v violent_o stone_n some_o person_n as_o they_o do_v stephen_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n among_o other_o they_o think_v to_o ensnare_v our_o saviour_n in_o the_o 8_o of_o john_n when_o they_o bring_v to_o he_o the_o woman_n take_v in_o adultery_n the_o water_n of_o jealousy_n they_o have_v not_o the_o use_n of_o and_o so_o nothing_o be_v do_v in_o these_o case_n but_o only_o they_o make_v use_v of_o the_o liberty_n moses_n allow_v for_o divorce_n animadversion_n find_v some_o uncleanness_n some_o be_v a_o word_n superfluous_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o 72._o interpret_v which_o be_v summam_fw-la foeditatem_fw-la carnis_fw-la answer_n there_o be_v great_a disagreement_n in_o understand_v the_o hebrew_n word_n translate_v some_o uncleanness_n in_o she_o i_o shall_v make_v evident_a it_o can_v be_v restrain_v to_o unchastity_n for_o which_o the_o law_n have_v otherwise_o provide_v if_o either_o prove_v or_o suspect_v the_o jew_n i_o confess_v differ_v much_o about_o it_o i_o find_v in_o mr._n selden_n there_o be_v three_o school_n among_o they_o that_o maintain_v three_o several_a opinion_n about_o it_o the_o school_n of_o hillel_n the_o school_n of_o sammai_n and_o the_o school_n of_o aquiba_n that_o of_o hillel_n maintain_v it_o lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o put_v his_o wife_n away_o for_o any_o cause_n but_o not_o single_o upon_o his_o own_o pleasure_n that_o of_o sammai_n for_o somewhat_o of_o turpitude_n only_o and_o that_o of_o aquiba_n that_o a_o man_n may_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n upon_o his_o own_o pleasure_n without_o any_o ground_n at_o all_o that_o which_o be_v the_o most_o general_a receive_v opinion_n among_o the_o jew_n he_o say_v be_v that_o for_o light_a cause_n as_o dislike_v of_o beauty_n age_n and_o many_o other_o such_o thing_n wife_n may_v be_v put_v away_o and_o he_o add_v idque_fw-la ex_fw-la sacrae_fw-la legis_fw-la ment_fw-la according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o law_n and_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a they_o do_v so_o interpret_v it_o for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o school_n of_o sammai_n as_o grotius_n observe_v have_v the_o few_o disciple_n and_o yet_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o turpitude_n they_o extend_v divorce_n so_o far_o that_o they_o think_v a_o woman_n go_v with_o open_a breast_n a_o sufficient_a ground_n for_o it_o philo_n say_v a_o man_n may_v 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and_o positive_a that_o he_o stake_v his_o credit_n upon_o it_o ainsworth_n and_o our_o best_a late_a commentator_n render_v it_o exact_o from_o the_o hebrew_n matter_n of_o nakedness_n or_o by_o transpose_v the_o word_n any_o thing_n of_o nakedness_n which_o say_v ainsworth_n be_v not_o mean_v of_o adultery_n but_o of_o some_o evil_a thing_n in_o her_o condition_n or_o action_n that_o displease_v her_o husband_n and_o he_o add_v that_o the_o phrase_n be_v so_o take_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n for_o any_o thing_n unseemly_a in_o the_o 23_o of_o deut._n v._n 14_o
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