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and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v account_v sacred_a by_o all_o man_n for_o that_o very_a reason_n it_o do_v as_o much_o as_o can_v be_v to_o frustrate_v the_o end_n which_o god_n propose_v by_o the_o formation_n and_o distinction_n of_o two_o sex_n viz._n the_o propagation_n and_o multiplication_n of_o mankind_n by_o mean_n of_o marriage_n and_o therefore_o he_o do_v not_o give_v two_o wife_n to_o adam_n nor_o two_o husband_n to_o eve_n those_o who_o be_v addict_v to_o this_o vice_n have_v no_o regard_n for_o one_o another_o but_o only_o with_o respect_n to_o their_o impure_a inclination_n and_o if_o they_o do_v think_v they_o as_o bad_a as_o themselves_o they_o do_v all_o they_o can_v to_o make_v they_o so_o and_o to_o corrupt_v they_o by_o all_o method_n either_o direct_o by_o themselves_o or_o indirect_o by_o other_o hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o we_o see_v every_o day_n so_o many_o handsome_a woman_n of_o good_a natural_a part_n and_o many_o time_n of_o good_a family_n thus_o seduce_v and_o draw_v away_o which_o be_v a_o horrid_a mischief_n for_o which_o those_o who_o have_v any_o remainder_n of_o conscience_n leave_v can_v but_o grieve_v in_o the_o esteem_n of_o those_o debauchee_n i_o say_v who_o assoon_o as_o they_o immerse_v '_o emselve_n in_o those_o villainy_n lose_v all_o sense_n of_o religion_n and_o of_o the_o excellency_n of_o man_n and_o the_o nobility_n of_o his_o extraction_n mankind_n be_v value_v but_o little_a above_o dog_n and_o swine_n which_o they_o see_v engender_v much_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o they_o do_v themselves_o that_o be_v to_o say_v indifferent_o with_o all_o of_o their_o species_n that_o they_o meet_v according_a to_o their_o brutal_a appetite_n without_o reason_n or_o consideration_n without_o any_o regard_n to_o god_n the_o good_a of_o society_n or_o the_o honour_n and_o dignity_n of_o man_n so_o that_o they_o corrupt_v themselves_o in_o what_o they_o know_v natural_o as_o bruit_n beast_n as_o the_o holy_a scripture_n express_v it_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o in_o society_n there_o be_v so_o little_a charity_n friendship_n and_o respect_n for_o one_o another_o a_o debauch_a man_n look_v upon_o all_o woman_n to_o be_v taint_a with_o this_o vice_n woman_n common_o show_v less_o disrespect_n for_o debauch_a man_n than_o man_n show_v for_o lewd_a woman_n yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o will_v have_v more_o esteem_n for_o those_o that_o they_o believe_v to_o be_v free_a from_o that_o vice_n which_o render_v those_o that_o be_v taint_v with_o it_o contemptible_a even_o to_o person_n that_o be_v most_o vicious_a themselves_o though_o they_o make_v use_v of_o they_o for_o asswage_v their_o brutish_a lust_n and_o hence_o it_o come_v that_o they_o do_v ready_o call_v all_o woman_n whore_n and_o bitch_n and_o child_n son_n of_o whore_n or_o young_a dog_n which_o occasion_n many_o quarrel_n law-suit_n and_o insolence_n yea_o sometime_o murder_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v express_v what_o prejudice_n this_o vice_n do_v to_o commerce_n in_o those_o country_n which_o lie_v commodious_o for_o traffic_n by_o sea_n and_o therefore_o be_v oblige_v to_o take_v more_o care_n therein_o than_o other_o because_o plenty_n produce_v nourish_v and_o entertain_v this_o vice_n if_o the_o magistrate_n be_v not_o person_n of_o honour_n love_v the_o public_a welfare_n and_o keep_v good_a discipline_n and_o the_o consequence_n of_o it_o be_v more_o mischievous_a in_o such_o country_n than_o elsewhere_o from_o this_o it_o be_v that_o plato_n say_v mare_fw-la improbitatis_fw-la magister_fw-la the_o sea_n teach_v wickedness_n and_o hence_o also_o it_o be_v that_o the_o poet_n feign_v that_o venus_n be_v breed_v of_o the_o froth_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o that_o a_o latin_a poet_n express_v it_o thus_o hispanae_fw-la navis_fw-la magister_fw-la dedecorum_fw-la pretiosus_fw-la emptâ—…r_fw-la imply_v that_o master_n of_o ship_n spare_v no_o cost_n to_o debauch_v woman_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o contrary_a to_o the_o growth_n of_o a_o state_n either_o in_o number_n of_o man_n or_o riches_n than_o to_o suffer_v whordom_n to_o go_v unpunished_a it_o trouble_v i_o to_o think_v that_o among_o so_o many_o able_a man_n who_o have_v treat_v of_o commerce_n and_o of_o what_o be_v contrary_a to_o it_o none_o of_o they_o have_v observe_v that_o this_o vice_n be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a obstacle_n to_o the_o prosperity_n of_o a_o nation_n i_o know_v a_o state_n to_o which_o i_o wish_v well_o from_o the_o bottom_n of_o my_o heart_n to_o which_o it_o occasion_n the_o loss_n of_o diverse_a million_o per_fw-la annum_fw-la which_o i_o can_v eaâ—…ily_o demonstrate_v and_o be_o very_o certain_a that_o if_o they_o will_v give_v necessary_a order_n in_o good_a earnest_n for_o prevent_v it_o which_o will_v not_o be_v so_o difficult_a to_o do_v neither_o as_o be_v general_o believe_v at_o least_o for_o the_o great_a part_n there_o will_v be_v abundance_n of_o more_o people_n than_o there_o be_v and_o trade_n art_n manufacture_n and_o agriculture_n will_v thrive_v there_o a_o great_a deal_n better_o than_o they_o do_v man_n woman_n and_o child_n will_v be_v abundant_o more_o healthsul_n and_o few_o of_o they_o will_v in_o comparison_n die_v of_o consumption_n this_o vice_n must_v be_v abundant_o great_a in_o popish_a than_o protestant_a country_n because_o the_o popish_a clergy_n favour_v it_o by_o their_o principle_n auricular_a confession_n their_o own_o example_n and_o that_o of_o the_o court_n of_o româ—…_n as_o also_o by_o the_o easiness_n of_o absolution_n in_o confess_v themselves_o to_o a_o priest_n who_o be_v himself_o immerse_v in_o such_o impurity_n or_o by_o give_v he_o money_n a_o good_a dinner_n or_o hire_v he_o to_o say_v mass_n etc._n etc._n the_o unchastity_n of_o all_o their_o clergy_n male_a and_o female_a cause_v by_o their_o celibacy_n and_o execrable_a moral_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o chief_a prelate_n at_o rome_n be_v a_o very_a great_a prejudice_n to_o popish_a kingdom_n which_o it_o fill_v with_o adultery_n fornication_n incest_n and_o crime_n yet_o more_o execrable_a yea_o with_o million_o of_o open_a and_o hide_a crime_n as_o abortion_n murder_n and_o such_o like_a for_o the_o clergy_n who_o be_v guilty_a of_o those_o vice_n make_v no_o scruple_n so_o they_o can_v but_o conceal_v they_o to_o murder_v both_o the_o mother_n and_o child_n as_o to_o protestant_a state_n it_o be_v well_o enough_o know_v that_o they_o be_v infect_v with_o this_o vice_n by_o the_o neighbourhood_n of_o the_o popish_a one_o and_o it_o be_v confident_o assert_v &_o not_o without_o ground_n that_o in_o the_o two_o last_o reign_n all_o those_o sort_n of_o disorder_n be_v favour_v in_o england_n for_o the_o better_a and_o more_o easy_a establishment_n of_o popery_n article_n xviii_o relate_v to_o the_o drunkenness_n of_o the_o popish_a clergy_n which_o as_o well_o as_o their_o incontinence_n be_v chargeable_a upon_o the_o moral_n of_o their_o church_n for_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o clergyman_n except_o some_o bishop_n and_o curate_n in_o the_o big_a town_n and_o some_o particular_a man_n in_o monastries_n be_v drunkard_n and_o by_o their_o example_n the_o common_a people_n do_v most_o become_v so_o this_o vice_n do_v likewise_o occasion_n abundance_n of_o mischief_n though_o much_o less_o than_o the_o other_o as_o i_o can_v here_o demonstrate_v contrary_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o man_n if_o it_o be_v proper_a the_o truth_n of_o this_o appear_v by_o this_o one_o thing_n viz._n that_o the_o popish_a clergy_n be_v unchaste_a by_o principle_n and_o in_o a_o manner_n of_o necessity_n because_o marriage_n be_v forbid_v to_o they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v have_v less_o dependence_n upon_o the_o state_n and_o may_v be_v more_o profitable_a and_o apply_v themselves_o with_o the_o great_a application_n to_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o pope_n which_o they_o call_v the_o church_n and_o beside_o this_o libertinage_n which_o please_v they_o infinite_o make_v they_o love_v the_o pope_n and_o his_o religion_n which_o grant_v they_o so_o great_a privilege_n whereof_o other_o be_v deprive_v viz._n that_o they_o may_v enjoy_v woman_n without_o any_o trouble_n as_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v practise_v by_o the_o republic_n of_o venice_n who_o to_o assure_v themselves_o of_o the_o fidelity_n of_o their_o clergy_n grant_v they_o a_o great_a liberty_n in_o this_o matter_n than_o be_v allow_v in_o other_o part_n of_o italy_n now_o one_o may_v easy_o judge_v what_o disorder_v this_o example_n of_o the_o libertinage_n of_o the_o clergy_n must_v necessary_o produce_v in_o society_n and_o what_o ravage_n they_o make_v of_o the_o woman_n chastity_n by_o their_o auricular_a confession_n and_o absolution_n and_o what_o influence_n those_o thing_n have_v upon_o the_o woman_n and_o maid_n who_o be_v by_o this_o mean_v deliver_v into_o their_o hand_n as_o a_o prey_n