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marriage_n but_o they_o find_v a_o law_n whereby_o it_o be_v permit_v to_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n to_o do_v what_o he_o list_v a_o most_o vile_a answer_n when_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n but_o you_o will_v say_v in_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v thus_o that_o brethren_n and_o sister_n marry_v and_o such_o like_a saint_n augustin_n answer_v true_a it_o be_v because_o of_o necessity_n there_o be_v then_o no_o choice_n but_o the_o old_a this_o thing_n may_v religione_fw-la be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o regard_n of_o such_o necessity_n the_o more_o damnable_a it_o be_v now_o because_o religion_n forbid_v it_o 11._o 6_o the_o shame_n of_o thy_o son_n daughter_n or_o of_o thy_o daughter_n daughter_n thou_o shall_v not_o i_o say_v uncover_v their_o shame_n for_o it_o be_v thy_o shame_n this_o be_v the_o right_a line_n again_o wherein_o never_o marriage_n be_v lawful_a and_o be_v touch_v before_o verse_n 7._o 7_o the_o shame_n of_o thy_o father_n wife_n daughter_n 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no_o marriage_n lawful_a read_v chap._n 20_o verse_n 12._o 11_o thou_o shall_v not_o discover_v the_o shame_n of_o thy_o brother_n 16._o wife_n for_o it_o be_v thy_o brother_n shame_n this_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v then_o during_o the_o life_n of_o his_o brother_n and_o so_o in_o the_o next_o chap._n verse_n 21._o for_o otherwise_o in_o those_o day_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o brother_n to_o raise_v up_o seed_n to_o his_o brother_n deut._n 25._o but_o now_o it_o bind_v we_o ever_o as_o appear_v by_o john_n to_o herod_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o thou_o to_o 1â—_n have_v thy_o brother_n wife_n 12_o thou_o shall_v not_o discover_v the_o shame_n of_o the_o wife_n and_o 17._o of_o her_o daughter_n neither_o shall_v thou_o take_v her_o son_n daughter_n nor_o her_o daughter_n daughter_n to_o uncover_v her_o shame_n for_o they_o be_v thy_o kinsfolk_n and_o it_o be_v wickedness_n these_o horrible_a incest_n be_v well_o know_v to_o any_o and_o therefore_o need_v no_o further_a speech_n god_n give_v grace_n and_o strength_n to_o avoid_v they_o according_a to_o our_o knowledge_n 13_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n with_o her_o sister_n during_o 18._o her_o life_n to_o vex_v she_o in_o uncover_v her_o shame_n upon_o she_o know_v that_o moses_n here_o have_v write_v but_o a_o brief_a of_o these_o matter_n not_o name_v all_o but_o leave_v to_o natural_a reason_n by_o these_o example_n to_o understand_v all_o other_o which_o by_o the_o same_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v forbid_v moses_n name_v not_o the_o uncle_n by_o father_n or_o uncle_n by_o mother_n but_o as_o in_o genealogy_n common_o the_o mention_n be_v of_o man_n so_o in_o these_o description_n of_o marriage_n lawful_a and_o unlawful_a mention_n be_v make_v but_o only_o of_o woman_n but_o the_o same_o degree_n restrain_v both_o man_n &_o woman_n if_o any_o man_n think_v of_o some_o marriage_n of_o holy_a man_n in_o scripture_n contrary_a to_o these_o rule_n let_v he_o remember_v that_o we_o now_o 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the_o parent_n authority_n in_o marriage_n sampson_z though_o a_o man_n grow_v yet_o speak_v to_o his_o parent_n for_o a_o wife_n jud._n 14._o of_o abraham_n for_o his_o son_n isaac_n and_o isaac_n for_o his_o son_n jacob_n what_o do_v you_o read_v as_o also_o how_o it_o grieve_v they_o that_o esau_n be_v so_o 26._o disobedient_a as_o to_o marry_v without_o their_o consent_n and_o as_o be_v note_v before_o in_o the_o question_n of_o a_o vow_n if_o a_o promise_v make_v by_o a_o child_n to_o god_n without_o consent_n of_o 6._o father_n may_v not_o stand_v much_o less_o must_v a_o promise_v make_v to_o man_n be_v good_a without_o parent_n allowance_n for_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o man_n sure_o so_o do_v they_o insist_v upon_o this_o consent_n that_o if_o the_o father_n be_v absent_a and_o it_o unknown_a either_o whether_o he_o be_v dead_a or_o whether_o he_o be_v alive_a yet_o require_v they_o that_o the_o child_n stay_v three_o year_n to_o see_v if_o he_o may_v be_v hear_v of_o and_o 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