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and_o now_o if_o it_o be_v consider_v what_o influence_n these_o doctrine_n have_v upon_o society_n and_o community_n of_o man_n they_o will_v need_v no_o further_o reproof_n than_o a_o mere_a enumeration_n of_o the_o mischief_n they_o produce_v they_o by_o this_o mean_v legitimate_a adulterous_a and_o incestuous_a marriage_n and_o disannul_v lawful_a contract_n they_o give_v leave_v to_o a_o spouse_n to_o break_v his_o or_o her_o vow_n and_o promise_n and_o to_o child_n to_o disobey_v their_o parent_n and_o perhaps_o to_o break_v their_o mother_n heart_n or_o to_o undo_v a_o family_n no_o word_n can_v bind_v your_o faith_n because_o you_o can_v be_v dispense_v with_o and_o if_o you_o swear_v you_o will_v not_o procure_v a_o dispensation_n you_o can_v as_o well_o be_v dispense_v with_o for_o that_o perjury_n as_o the_o other_o and_o you_o can_v be_v tie_v so_o fast_o but_o the_o pope_n can_v unloose_v you_o so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n in_o your_o promise_n to_o god_n or_o 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