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commandment_n of_o do_v no_o murder_n even_o to_o the_o not_o be_v angry_a with_o another_o without_o a_o cause_n v._o 22._o the_o precept_n of_o not_o commit_v adultery_n he_o make_v reach_v even_o to_o the_o forbid_v of_o lustful_a look_n and_o desire_v v._o 28._o he_o forbid_v all_o divorce_n unless_o in_o the_o case_n of_o fornication_n v._o 32._o he_o restore_v marriage_n to_o its_o primitive_a perfection_n by_o prohibit_v polygamy_n matth._n 19.5_o they_o two_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n emphatical_o they_o two_o as_o exclusive_a of_o more_o which_o we_o learn_v from_o v._o 9_o of_o the_o same_o chapter_n whosoever_o shall_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n except_o it_o be_v for_o fornication_n and_o shall_v marry_v another_o commit_v adultery_n for_o how_o weak_a will_v it_o have_v be_v to_o pronounce_v it_o adultery_n for_o a_o man_n to_o marry_v after_o a_o divorce_n if_o the_o add_v one_o wife_n to_o another_o before_o a_o divorce_n shall_v be_v no_o adultery_n and_o if_o it_o 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those_o that_o curse_v we_o v._o 44._o and_o true_o this_o command_n and_o the_o forego_v one_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v add_v by_o our_o saviour_n as_o not_o have_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n for_o its_o foundation_n according_a to_o which_o the_o decalogue_n be_v frame_v but_o be_v build_v upon_o that_o love_n which_o our_o saviour_n afterward_o do_v show_v when_o he_o die_v for_o his_o enemy_n for_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n may_v seem_v to_o allow_v of_o this_o ut_fw-la no_n cvi_fw-la quis_fw-la noceat_fw-la nisi_fw-la lacessitus_fw-la injuriâ_fw-la cic._n but_o when_o injure_v he_o may_v requite_v it_o when_o we_o do_v alm_n we_o must_v not_o have_v respect_n unto_o our_o own_o glory_n but_o only_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o good_a of_o the_o miserable_a chap._n 6._o v._o 1._o when_o we_o pray_v and_o fast_o both_o must_v be_v do_v with_o a_o devout_a secrecy_n that_o god_n in_o both_o may_v be_v chief_o look_v unto_o and_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n not_o care_v for_o 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