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infinite Men, that mary not , but chufe rather a libertine and impw t 

 fingle life , than to be yoaked in Mariage • And, many that do mary, 

 mary (ate, when the Trine and Strength of tbtir 7 "ears is pajl. A § nd 

 [when they do mary, "what is Mariage to thm , But a 'Very Bar- 

 gain ; Wherein is fought Alliance, or Tortion, or Reputation, ^itb 

 fine defire {almoft indifferent) of Iffue • A nd not the faith full Nup- 

 tial Union or Man and Wife , that Has fir/l in&ituted. Neither is 

 it p)Jsible j that thoje th&t have caft aw&y fo bafely , jo much of their 

 Strength , fbndd greatly esleem Children { being of the fame Matter ) 

 as chafte Men do. So likewife during Mariage is the Cafe much 

 amended , as it ought to be if thofe things were tderaied ohlyforne- 

 afsity-, No , but they remain jliil as a 'Very affront to Manage: The 

 Haunting of thofe diffolute places , or re fort to Courtesans, are no mere 

 ptmifhed in Maried men , than in *Batchelcrs. And the depraved Cu. 

 flame of Change , and the delight in Meretricious Embraccments, {where 

 finns is turned into Art,) maketb Manage a dull thing, and a kind 

 of Impofition , or Tax, They hear ym defend thefe things ; asdoie 

 to avoid greater Evils ; Js A dvouirks , 'Devouring of Virgins 3 

 Unnatural Lufl , and the like, ^ut they fy , this is a pre po fie- 

 rous Wifdmt ; and they call it Lots offer , who to faVe lis Gwfts 

 from ahufing, Offered his Daughters: Nay they fay further, That 

 there is little gained in this ; For that jhe fame Vices and Appetites, 

 do fill remain and abound , UnUwfull Lufl being like a Furnace, 

 that if you slop the Flames altogether , it will quench, Cut if you 

 give it an) Vent , it "ivill rage ; As for Ma/culine loVe , they 

 haVe no touch of it • And yet there an not , fo faith full and 

 inviolate Friendflnps , in the World again , as are there ; And 

 to /peak generally , {as 1 faid before,) lhaVe not read if anyfueb Cha- 

 flity , in any Teople , as theirs. And their ufual faying is > That 

 whofoever is unchafte cannot reverence himfeif : And 

 they fay , That the Reverence of a Mans felf, is , next Religi- 

 on , the chiefeft bridle of all Vices. And when he had faid 

 this , the good few paufed a little ; Whereupon I far more wil- 

 ling to hear him fpeak on, than to (peak my felf- yet think- 

 ing it decent 5 that upon his pawfe of Speech , I fhould not 

 be altogether filent, faid only this ; That I would fay to him , as 

 the Widow of Sarepta faid to Flias 5 That he was come to bring to 

 1 Memory our Sinnes • And that 1 confefs the Righteoufneffe of 

 Benfalem , 10 as greater than the Righteoufnefle of Europe. At 

 'which fpeech he bowed his Head, and went on this manner. 

 They haVe afo many Ipife and excellent LaTvs touching Mariage , 



