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may_v serve_v other_o god_n so_o will_v the_o anger_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v kindle_v against_o thou_o and_o destroy_v thou_o sudden_o and_o nehem._n 13.23_o it_o be_v say_v in_o those_o day_n also_o i_o see_v jew_n that_o have_v marry_v wife_n of_o ashdod_n of_o ammon_n and_o of_o moab_n and_o their_o child_n speak_v half_a the_o speech_n of_o ashdod_n and_o can_v not_o speak_v in_o the_o jew_n language_n but_o according_a to_o the_o language_n of_o each_o people_n and_o i_o contend_v with_o they_o and_o curse_v they_o and_o smite_v certain_a of_o they_o and_o pluck_v off_o their_o hair_n and_o make_v they_o swear_v by_o god_n say_v you_o shall_v not_o give_v your_o daughter_n unto_o their_o son_n nor_o take_v their_o daughter_n unto_o your_o son_n or_o for_o yourselves_o do_v not_o solomon_n king_n of_o israel_n sin_n by_o these_o thing_n so_o do_v mahomet_n command_v his_o follower_n to_o marry_v only_o those_o of_o his_o religion_n who_o he_o call_v true_a believer_n and_o say_v it_o be_v better_a to_o marry_v slave_n who_o be_v true_a believer_n than_o great_a princess_n who_o be_v unbeliever_n so_o do_v the_o popish_a law_n and_o canon_n forbid_v papist_n to_o marry_v protestant_n under_o the_o name_n of_o heretic_n except_o with_o the_o pope_n dispensation_n or_o licence_n which_o be_v only_o use_v where_o he_o see_v a_o fit_a opportunity_n to_o put_v such_o a_o snare_n about_o the_o neck_n of_o a_o protestant_n as_o the_o philistine_n do_v with_o their_o dalilah_n about_o samson_n to_o betray_v and_o destroy_v he_o so_o it_o appear_v both_o jew_n pope_n and_o turk_n be_v wise_a in_o their_o generation_n then_o the_o child_n of_o light_n the_o papist_n make_v law_n and_o prohibit_v marriage_n with_o protestant_n and_o illegitimate_a their_o child_n to_o make_v they_o incapable_a to_o succeed_v to_o a_o papist_n inheritance_n the_o protestant_a sleep_n and_o never_o make_v so_o much_o as_o one_o law_n to_o prohibit_v marriage_n with_o papist_n or_o to_o make_v papist_n child_n incapable_a to_o succeed_v to_o a_o protestant_a inheritance_n chap._n vii_o marriage_n filiation_n aliment_n and_o succession_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o ceremonial_a law_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o patriarch_n or_o moses_n there_o be_v no_o ceremony_n institute_v of_o marriage_n and_o the_o marriage_n of_o abraham_n to_o sarah_n his_o first_o wife_n be_v no_o more_o than_o of_o adam_n to_o eve_n gen._n 4.1_o and_o adam_n know_v eve_n his_o wife_n and_o she_o conceive_v and_o bare_a cain_n and_o say_v i_o have_v get_v a_o man_n from_o the_o lord_n and_o this_o appear_v gen._n 20.2_o where_o it_o be_v say_v and_o abraham_n say_v of_o sarah_n his_o wife_n she_o be_v my_o sister_n and_o abimelech_n king_n of_o gerar_n send_v and_o take_v sarah_n but_o god_n come_v to_o abimelech_n in_o a_o dream_n by_o night_n and_o say_v to_o he_o as_o mr._n selden_n de_fw-fr jur_fw-fr nat._n &_o gent._n 573._o translate_v the_o hebrew_n text_n ecce_fw-la tu_fw-la morieris_fw-la propter_fw-la mulierem_fw-la quam_fw-la accepisti_fw-la nam_fw-la concubuit_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la maritus_fw-la behold_v thou_o shall_v die_v for_o the_o woman_n which_o thou_o have_v take_v for_o her_o male_n have_v lie_v with_o she_o god_n do_v not_o say_v he_o have_v carry_v she_o to_o church_n and_o shake_v she_o by_o the_o hand_n before_o a_o priest_n or_o take_v her_o per_fw-la verba_fw-la de_fw-la praesenti_fw-la or_o that_o consensus_fw-la non_fw-la concubitus_fw-la facit_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la but_o the_o contrary_a that_o he_o have_v marry_v she_o because_o he_o have_v lie_v with_o she_o and_o the_o very_a same_o marriage_n without_o any_o ceremony_n do_v abraham_n likewise_o make_v with_o his_o second_o wife_n hagar_n gen._n 16.3_o and_o sarah_n abraham_n wife_n take_v hagar_n her_o maid_n the_o egyptian_a after_o abraham_n have_v dwell_v ten_o year_n in_o the_o land_n and_o give_v she_o to_o her_o husband_n abraham_n to_o be_v his_o wife_n and_o he_o go_v in_o unto_o hagar_n and_o she_o conceive_v here_o hagar_n be_v make_v abraham_n wife_n by_o no_o other_o ceremony_n but_o go_v in_o unto_o she_o and_o her_o conception_n thereupon_o and_o beside_o go_v in_o unto_o she_o there_o be_v no_o ceremony_n appoint_v for_o marriage_n in_o the_o whole_a law_n of_o moses_n nor_o have_v the_o jew_n any_o custom_n of_o carry_v the_o woman_n to_o church_n before_o a_o priest_n but_o the_o contrary_n when_o they_o marry_v it_o be_v in_o the_o open_a air_n and_o think_v it_o not_o lawful_a in_o any_o house_n whence_o they_o may_v behold_v the_o heaven_n in_o memory_n of_o god_n promise_n to_o abraham_n gen._n 15.5_o and_o he_o bring_v he_o forth_o abroad_o and_o say_v look_v now_o towards_o heaven_n and_o tell_v the_o star_n if_o thou_o be_v able_a to_o number_v they_o and_o he_o say_v unto_o he_o so_o shall_v thy_o seed_n be_v but_o admit_v moses_n have_v make_v as_o many_o ceremonial_a law_n for_o marriage_n as_o he_o do_v for_o sacrifice_n admit_v the_o jew_n have_v superstitious_o observe_v as_o many_o more_o by_o their_o custom_n and_o tradition_n yet_o be_v it_o to_o no_o purpose_n for_o both_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o tradition_n be_v all_o now_o abolish_v by_o christ_n col._n 2.14_o blot_v out_o the_o handwriting_n of_o ordinance_n that_o be_v against_o we_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o we_o and_o take_v it_o out_o of_o the_o way_n nail_v it_o to_o his_o cross_n and_o math._n 15.1_o where_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n ask_v christ_n why_o do_v thy_o disciple_n transgress_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o elder_n v._n 3._o he_o answer_v and_o say_v unto_o they_o why_o do_v you_o also_o transgress_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n by_o your_o tradition_n for_o god_n command_v say_v honour_v thy_o father_n and_o mother_n but_o you_o say_v whosoever_o shall_v say_v to_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n it_o be_v a_o gift_n by_o whatsoever_o thou_o may_v be_v profit_v by_o i_o and_o honour_v not_o his_o father_n and_o his_o mother_n he_o shall_v be_v free_a thus_o have_v you_o make_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n of_o none_o effect_v by_o your_o tradition_n and_o vers_fw-la 9_o but_o in_o vain_a do_v they_o worship_v i_o teach_v for_o doctrine_n the_o commandment_n of_o men._n here_o be_v the_o very_a same_o thing_n do_v by_o bishop_n which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n for_o they_o on_o a_o ceremonial_a form_n of_o word_n use_v by_o child_n give_v they_o liberty_n not_o to_o honour_v their_o father_n and_o the_o bishop_n on_o a_o ceremonial_a form_n of_o word_n use_v by_o the_o repute_a father_n per_fw-la verba_fw-la de_fw-la praesenti_fw-la present_o make_v the_o child_n honour_v he_o who_o be_v not_o his_o father_n nor_o beget_v he_o and_o if_o such_o ceremonial_a form_n of_o word_n be_v not_o use_v and_o a_o certificate_n of_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o than_o they_o command_v the_o child_n not_o to_o honour_v the_o father_n who_o beget_v he_o and_o command_v the_o true_a father_n to_o illegitimate_a and_o abdicate_v his_o child_n which_o be_v true_o beget_v and_o this_o they_o do_v either_o by_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o canon_n or_o tradition_n of_o pope_n but_o if_o both_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o tradition_n of_o moses_n and_o jew_n be_v abolish_v by_o christ_n and_o by_o the_o moral_a law_n of_o god_n of_o honour_v the_o father_n much_o more_o be_v the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o tradition_n of_o pope_n and_o bishop_n abolish_v by_o the_o same_o moral_a law_n i_o shall_v only_o mention_v a_o word_n more_o of_o the_o abolish_n of_o the_o ceremonial_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o popish_a writer_n themselves_o who_o though_o in_o their_o work_n they_o keep_v alive_a all_o the_o ceremonial_n of_o moses_n law_n whence_o they_o can_v male_a profit_n yet_o in_o word_n and_o doctrine_n they_o so_o far_o confess_v they_o abolish_v that_o they_o say_v it_o be_v a_o deadly_a sin_n to_o use_v they_o aquinas_n therefore_o on_o the_o question_n conclude_v ceremonialia_fw-la adeo_fw-la sunt_fw-la evacuata_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la sunt_fw-la mortua_fw-la sed_fw-la mortifera_fw-la judicialia_fw-la sunt_fw-la quidem_fw-la mortua_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la vim_o obligandi_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sunt_fw-la mortifera_fw-la quia_fw-la siquis_fw-la princeps_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la svo_fw-la ordinaret_fw-la illa_fw-la judicialia_fw-la observari_fw-la non_fw-la peccaret_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la observarentur_fw-la vel_fw-la observari_fw-la mandarentur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la habentia_fw-la vim_o obligandi_fw-la ex_fw-la veteris_fw-la legis_fw-la institutione_n talis_fw-la enim_fw-la intentio_fw-la observandi_fw-la esset_fw-la mortifera_fw-la the_o ceremonial_a law_n be_v so_o utter_o void_a that_o they_o be_v not_o only_o dead_a but_o deadly_a and_o the_o judicial_n be_v dead_a but_o not_o deadly_a because_o if_o any_o prince_n in_o his_o kingdom_n will_v command_v those_o judicial_n to_o be_v observe_v he_o
child_n the_o same_o aught_o to_o be_v whole_o and_o entire_o perform_v to_o such_o son_n and_o daughter_n in_o all_o succession_n whether_o to_o a_o testament_n or_o a_o intestate_a and_o in_o short_a that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v make_v unlike_o other_o child_n in_o succession_n who_o nature_n have_v make_v like_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o civil_a law_n will_v the_o succession_n of_o child_n shall_v be_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o according_a to_o any_o canon_n law_n or_o law_n make_v by_o the_o priest_n natura_fw-la deuce_fw-la errare_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la potest_fw-la tul._n 1._o de_fw-fr leg_n cum_fw-la vero_fw-la parentibus_fw-la rediti_fw-la deinde_fw-la magistris_fw-la traditi_fw-la sumus_fw-la tum_fw-la ita_fw-la variis_fw-la imbuimur_fw-la erroribus_fw-la ut_fw-la vanitati_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o opinioni_fw-la confirmatae_fw-la natura_fw-la ipsa_fw-la cedit_fw-la 3._o tusc_n where_o nature_n be_v our_o guide_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o err_v but_o when_o we_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o parent_n and_o be_v deliver_v to_o shool-master_n we_o be_v then_o infect_v with_o so_o many_o error_n that_o all_o truth_n give_v place_n to_o vanity_n and_o nature_n itself_o yield_v to_o opinion_n accustom_v to_o fight_v against_o nature_n be_v like_a giant_n to_o fight_v against_o god_n cato_n major_a of_o the_o final_a cause_n of_o marriage_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n the_o final_a cause_n of_o marriage_n which_o be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o man_n be_v not_o to_o fill_v priest_n pocket_n with_o money_n or_o to_o satisfy_v their_o insatiable_a covetousness_n and_o ambition_n to_o set_v their_o foot_n on_o the_o neck_n of_o emperor_n and_o king_n in_o their_o legitimation_n and_o succession_n and_o thereby_o to_o dispose_v of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o prince_n and_o the_o liberty_n propriety_n and_o good_n of_o the_o subject_n at_o their_o arbitrary_a will_n and_o pleasure_n but_o the_o final_a cause_n of_o marriage_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n be_v three_o 1._o procreation_n of_o child_n 2._o that_o man_n may_v have_v a_o helpmeet_a for_o he_o there_o be_v many_o necessity_n especial_o in_o time_n of_o sickness_n wherein_o man_n can_v be_v without_o the_o help_n of_o a_o woman_n 3._o to_o make_v his_o life_n more_o pleasant_a and_o delightful_a tristis_fw-la sine_fw-la conjuge_fw-la lectus_fw-la as_o for_o the_o first_o part_n which_o be_v the_o great_a and_o chief_a end_n of_o marriage_n namely_o procreation_n of_o child_n without_o which_o the_o world_n can_v be_v continue_v to_o be_v the_o short_a i_o shall_v only_o mention_v one_o poet_n as_o follow_v providei_fw-la ille_fw-la maximus_fw-la mundi-parens_a cùm_fw-la tam_fw-la rapaces_fw-la cerneret_fw-la fati_fw-la minas_fw-la ut_fw-la damna_fw-la semper_fw-la sobole_fw-la repararet_fw-la nova_fw-la excedat_fw-la agedum_fw-la rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la venus_n quae_fw-la supplet_fw-la ac_fw-la restituit_fw-la exhaustum_fw-la genus_fw-la orbis_n jacebit_fw-la squalido_fw-la turpis_fw-la situ_fw-la vacuum_n sine_fw-la ullis_fw-la classibus_fw-la stabit_fw-la mare_fw-la alesque_fw-la coelo_fw-la deerit_fw-la &_o silvis_fw-la fera_fw-fr solis_fw-la &_o aer_fw-la pervius_fw-la ventis_fw-la erit_fw-la sen._n in_o hippol._n fate_n cruel_a threat_n when_o the_o great_a parent_n see_v against_o his_o creature_n by_o as_o great_a a_o law_n he_o then_o enact_v all_o those_o who_o it_o slay_v sell_v by_o new_a birth_n perpetual_o renew_v shall_v venus_n lease_n and_o shall_v not_o still_o restore_v with_o fresh_a supply_n nature_n exhaust_v store_n on_o squalid_a earth_n no_o beauty_n will_v remain_v no_o gallant_a fleet_n will_v dance_v upon_o the_o main_n no_o deer_n in_o wood_n no_o bird_n will_v be_v in_o sky_n wind_n only_o through_o sad_a air_n will_v sigh_v fly_v there_o can_v be_v neither_o king_n nor_o parliament_n nor_o people_n nor_o governor_n nor_o govern_v neither_o can_v the_o protestant_a religion_n defend_v itself_o against_o pope_n or_o turk_n without_o marriage_n for_o though_o it_o be_v apocrypha_fw-la it_o be_v true_o say_v esdras_n 4.15_o woman_n have_v bear_v the_o king_n and_o all_o the_o people_n that_o bear_v rule_n by_o sea_n or_o land_n the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o book_n the_o content_n of_o the_o second_o book_n by_o what_o judge_n marriage_n filiation_n aliment_n and_o succession_n ought_v not_o and_o aught_o to_o be_v judge_v of_o the_o five_o competitor_n to_o be_v judge_n of_o marriage_n filiation_n aliment_n and_o succession_n 1._o the_o bishop_n 2_o the_o magistrate_n 3._o the_o soldier_n 4_o the_o parent_n 5._o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n 137_o exception_n against_o bishop_n be_v judge_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o legislative_a ib._n except_o 1._o they_o assume_v to_o be_v judge_n jure_fw-la divino_fw-la without_o a_o sign_n of_o mission_n from_o god_n which_o overthrow_v the_o legislative_a power_n of_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n ib._n of_o the_o sign_n of_o mission_n require_v by_o the_o grand_a signior_n from_o sabatai_n sevi_fw-la a_o counterfeit_a jewish_a messiah_n 139_o 2._o they_o have_v false_o translate_v the_o scripture_n in_o all_o word_n relate_v to_o marriage_n 142_o they_o have_v false_o translate_v ish_n isha_n zona_fw-la kadesh_n philiegesh_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d husband_n wife_n harlot_n concubine_n etc._n etc._n 142_o no_o such_o as_o word_n as_o concubine_n in_o the_o whole_a original_a scripture_n ib._n they_o have_v false_o translate_v the_o seven_o commandment_n lo_o tinaph_n to_o be_v adultery_n 145_o they_o have_v false_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v fornication_n ib._n they_o have_v false_o translate_v the_o ten_o commandment_n in_o the_o word_n wife_n manservant_n maid-servant_n 146_o they_o have_v false_o translate_v mamzer_n in_o the_o old_a and_o nothus_fw-la in_o the_o new_a testament_n bastard_n wherein_o be_v note_v 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