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pledge_n that_o his_o member_n shall_v be_v glorify_v he_o have_v give_v he_o glory_n that_o your_o faith_n and_o hope_n may_v be_v in_o god_n verse_n 22._o see_v you_o have_v purify_v your_o soul_n in_o obey_v the_o truth_n through_o the_o spirit_n unto_o unfeigned_a love_n of_o the_o brethren_n see_v that_o you_o love_v one_o another_o with_o a_o pure_a heart_n fervent_o the_o ten_o motive_n to_o press_v upon_o believer_n the_o study_n of_o holiness_n be_v take_v from_o the_o former_a progress_n they_o have_v make_v therein_o whence_o the_o apostle_n infer_v a_o exhortation_n to_o that_o particular_a duty_n of_o holiness_n to_o wit_n love_v to_o the_o saint_n the_o sum_n of_o both_o be_v that_o since_o by_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n spirit_n enable_v they_o to_o obey_v the_o gospel_n they_o have_v get_v their_o heart-corruption_n so_o far_o purge_v out_o as_o to_o attain_v unto_o some_o sincere_a affection_n unto_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o lord_n people_n therefore_o they_o shall_v 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the_o same_o hazard_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n press_v the_o duty_n of_o woman_n to_o their_o husband_n by_o such_o a_o expression_n as_o import_v a_o like_a strictness_n of_o tie_n upon_o they_o to_o their_o duty_n as_o be_v upon_o those_o mention_v in_o the_o last_o part_n of_o the_o former_a chapter_n likewise_o you_o wife_n be_v subject_n etc._n etc._n 4._o the_o wickedness_n and_o disobedience_n to_o the_o gospel_n of_o any_o marry_a person_n however_o it_o may_v draw_v themselves_o under_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n yet_o it_o do_v neither_o loose_a the_o relation_n nor_o exempt_v the_o other_o party_n from_o their_o duty_n except_v in_o the_o case_n of_o adultery_n and_o lawful_a divorce_n thereupon_o mat._n 5.32_o or_o wilful_a desertion_n 1_o cor._n 7.15_o but_o do_v rather_o tie_v the_o better_a party_n the_o more_o strict_o to_o a_o conscionable_a discharge_n of_o that_o duty_n for_o the_o conviction_n or_o gain_v of_o the_o other_o party_n for_o though_o the_o apostle_n 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