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who_o acquaintance_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o his_o misery_n and_o apostasy_n chap._n xxiv_o touch_v incestuous_a marriage_n now_o as_o it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o contract_v marriage_n with_o party_n of_o contrary_a religion_n so_o it_o be_v as_o unlawful_a to_o marry_v those_o that_o be_v near_o unto_o we_o by_o any_o degree_n of_o kindred_n or_o affinity_n as_o it_o be_v inhibit_v not_o only_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o also_o by_o civil_a and_o politic_a constitution_n whereunto_o all_o nation_n have_v ever_o by_o the_o sole_a instinct_n of_o nature_n agree_v and_o accord_v except_o the_o egyptian_n and_o persian_n who_o abomination_n be_v so_o great_a as_o to_o take_v their_o own_o sister_n and_o mother_n to_o be_v their_o wife_n cambyses_n king_n of_o media_n and_o persia_n marry_v his_o own_o sister_n but_o it_o be_v not_o long_o ere_o he_o put_v she_o to_o death_n a_o just_a proof_n of_o a_o unjust_a and_o accurse_a marriage_n many_o other_o there_o be_v in_o 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levy_v out_o of_o this_o realm_n and_o convert_v it_o to_o another_o use_n and_o this_o be_v the_o recompense_n of_o his_o goodly_a dispensation_n with_o a_o incestuous_a marriage_n wherein_o although_o to_o speak_v true_o and_o proper_o he_o lose_v nothing_o of_o his_o own_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o deep_a check_n and_o no_o shallow_a loss_n to_o he_o and_o his_o successor_n to_o be_v deprive_v of_o so_o goodly_a a_o revenue_n and_o so_o great_a authority_n in_o this_o realm_n as_o he_o then_o be_v chap._n xxvii_o of_o adultery_n see_v that_o marriage_n be_v so_o holy_a a_o institution_n and_o ordinance_n of_o god_n as_o it_o have_v be_v show_v to_o be_v it_o follow_v by_o good_a right_n that_o the_o corruption_n thereof_o namely_o adultery_n whereby_o the_o bond_n of_o marriage_n be_v dissolve_v shall_v be_v forbid_v for_o the_o woman_n that_o be_v pollute_v therewith_o despise_v she_o own_o husband_n yea_o and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n hate_v he_o and_o foi_v in_o strange_a seed_n 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the_o philistines_n a_o man_n without_o circumcision_n and_o 26._o therefore_o without_o the_o covenant_n know_v by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n for_o he_o know_v not_o the_o law_n of_o god_n how_o sacred_a and_o inviolable_a the_o knot_n of_o marriage_n ought_v to_o be_v express_o forbid_v all_o his_o people_n from_o do_v any_o injury_n to_o isaac_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o wife_n and_o from_o touch_v she_o dishonest_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n out_o of_o the_o same_o fountain_n spring_v the_o word_n of_o queen_n hecuba_n in_o euripides_n speak_v to_o menelaus_n touch_v helen_n when_o she_o admonish_v he_o to_o enact_v this_o law_n that_o every_o woman_n which_o shall_v betray_v her_o husband_n credit_n and_o her_o own_o chastity_n to_o another_o man_n shall_v die_v the_o death_n in_o old_a time_n the_o egyptian_n use_v to_o punish_v adultery_n on_o this_o sort_n the_o diedor_n man_n with_o a_o thousand_o jerke_n with_o a_o reed_n and_o the_o woman_n with_o cut_v off_o her_o nose_n 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