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nehem._n chap._n 5.15_o uriah_n 2_o sam._n 11.11_o all_o which_o say_v the_o author_n do_v refuse_v to_o do_v those_o thing_n they_o may_v lawful_o do_v for_o example_n to_o other_o it_o seem_v your_o author_n put_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o omission_n of_o a_o lawful_a thing_n and_o the_o commission_n of_o a_o unlawful_a a_o lawful_a thing_n may_v be_v omit_v for_o divers_a reason_n but_o no_o reason_n will_v justify_v the_o do_v a_o unlawful_a and_o if_o that_o be_v do_v for_o a_o example_n it_o will_v be_v a_o evil_a example_n and_o if_o your_o author_n suppose_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o patriarch_n to_o take_v the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n for_o their_o son_n it_o be_v a_o beg_v the_o question_n and_o he_o must_v give_v we_o leave_v not_o to_o believe_v he_o until_o we_o see_v better_a proof_n but_o in_o the_o next_o place_n he_o tell_v we_o they_o may_v do_v it_o for_o the_o love_n they_o have_v to_o their_o own_o kindred_n and_o the_o disesteem_v they_o 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take_v a_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o heth_n such_o as_o these_o which_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o land_n such_o as_o these_o have_v respect_n to_o their_o qualification_n and_o what_o qualification_n can_v that_o respect_n but_o a_o religious_a d._n but_o he_o tell_v we_o it_o can_v not_o be_v religion_n that_o be_v in_o their_o eye_n because_o the_o church_n be_v in_o abraham_n house_n and_o he_o need_v not_o to_o have_v send_v so_o far_o for_o that_o â—â—_o fol._n â—â—_o he_o can_v not_o want_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o son_n among_o his_o own_o servant_n and_o touch_v jacob_n his_o father_n laban_n be_v a_o idolater_n and_o rachel_n no_o less_o a_o daughter_n of_o heth_n can_v not_o have_v do_v much_o worse_a than_o she_o when_o she_o steal_v her_o father_n image_n and_o frame_v a_o lie_n to_o hide_v they_o c._n there_o may_v be_v many_o reason_n give_v why_o abraham_n will_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n to_o his_o son_n from_o among_o his_o servant_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o from_o this_o author_n i_o shall_v think_v it_o strange_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v conclude_v that_o abraham_n do_v not_o therein_o respect_v religion_n because_o he_o do_v not_o give_v one_o of_o his_o servant_n to_o wife_n to_o his_o son_n and_o for_o laban_n and_o his_o family_n sure_o rebecka_n do_v not_o reckon_v they_o idolater_n such_o as_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o land_n when_o she_o send_v her_o son_n thither_o to_o prevent_v his_o take_v such_o a_o wife_n and_o he_o that_o observe_v laban_n salutation_n unto_o and_o his_o entertainment_n of_o abraham_n servant_n gen._n 24.31_o 50._o may_v be_v of_o rebecka_n mind_n it_o be_v true_a he_o have_v image_n in_o his_o house_n that_o be_v his_o miscarriage_n as_o it_o be_v often_o find_v in_o israel_n aaron_n be_v find_v guilty_a of_o make_v a_o molten_n calf_n exod._n 32.4_o god_n select_a people_n have_v many_o time_n be_v guilty_a of_o great_a defect_n &_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a for_o the_o author_n to_o prove_v rachel_n a_o idolatress_n she_o may_v steal_v her_o father_n image_n because_o she_o dislike_v that_o in_o her_o father_n yea_o it_o be_v probable_a she_o have_v little_a veneration_n towards_o they_o whenas_o she_o allow_v they_o no_o better_a place_n than_o among_o the_o camel_n furniture_n gen._n 31.34_o and_o for_o the_o lie_v your_o author_n so_o much_o condemn_v sure_o he_o forget_v what_o james_n say_v in_o many_o thing_n we_o offend_v all_o chap._n 3.2_o your_o author_n will_v as_o severe_o have_v say_v a_o son_n of_o belial_n can_v not_o have_v do_v worse_a than_o david_n and_o he_o will_v have_v condemn_v isaac_n with_o the_o like_a severity_n who_o for_o as_o little_a reason_n or_o less_o than_o rachel_n have_v deny_v his_o wife_n gen._n 26.7_o yet_o a_o good_a and_o religious_a man_n one_o belove_v of_o god_n but_o why_o do_v i_o thus_o apologise_v for_o rachel_n it_o be_v only_a to_o check_v your_o author_n severity_n who_o tell_v we_o a_o daughter_n of_o heth_n can_v 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wise_a man_n will_v grant_v there_o be_v reproof_n and_o threaten_n sufficient_a in_o the_o law_n except_o your_o author_n be_v of_o the_o rich_a man_n mind_n luke_n 16._o 30._o that_o think_v nothing_o prevalent_a unless_o one_o be_v send_v either_o from_o heaven_n or_o hell_n to_o give_v warn_v now_o the_o sin_n of_o solomon_n be_v apparent_a 1_o king_n 11.1_o but_o king_n solomon_n as_o if_o the_o holy_a ghost_n will_v have_v you_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o glory_n and_o honour_n of_o solomon_n be_v much_o eclipse_v in_o that_o he_o love_v many_o strange_a woman_n together_o with_o the_o daughter_n of_o pharaoh_n of_o the_o moabite_n ammonite_n edomite_n zidonian_o and_o hittites_n of_o the_o nation_n concern_v which_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o israel_n you_o shall_v not_o go_v in_o unto_o they_o solomon_n cleave_v to_o these_o in_o love_n now_o what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a than_o this_o that_o the_o woman_n of_o the_o moabite_n ammonite_n edomite_n zidonian_o and_o hittites_n 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