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nation_n from_o before_o you_o but_o they_o shall_v be_v snare_n and_o trap_n unto_o you_o and_o scourge_v in_o your_o side_n and_o thorn_n in_o your_o eye_n until_o you_o perish_v josh_n 23.12_o 13._o it_o seem_v joshua_n account_v such_o marriage_n a_o go_v back_o from_o love_a god_n which_o sure_o be_v a_o sin_n yea_o a_o sin_n attend_v with_o a_o severe_a commination_n as_o aforesaid_a d._n but_o if_o all_o this_o be_v as_o you_o say_v yet_o it_o seem_v this_o prohibition_n only_o intend_v the_o seven_o nation_n in_o canaan_n which_o israel_n be_v to_o root_v out_o and_o destroy_v 16._o 〈◊〉_d 16._o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o general_a c._n that_o the_o seven_o nation_n be_v more_o particular_o include_v i_o grant_v because_o there_o be_v more_o danger_n through_o their_o cohabitation_n but_o that_o it_o only_o intend_v they_o i_o wonder_v a_o wise_a man_n shall_v pretend_v but_o much_o more_o that_o he_o shall_v so_o forget_v himself_o whenas_o himself_o confess_v marriage_n 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