The female advocate; or, A plea for the just liberty of the tender sex, and particularly of married women. Being reflections on a late rude and disingenuous discourse, delivered by Mr. John Sprint, in a sermon at a wedding, May 11th, at Sherburn in Dorsetshire, 1699. / By a Lady of Quality.
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           THE
           FEMALE
           ADVOCATE
           ;
           OR
           ,
           A
           Plea
           for
           the
           just
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Tender
           Sex
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           Married
           Women
           .
           BEING
           REFLECTIONS
           On
           a
           late
           Rude
           and
           Disingenuous
           DISCOURSE
           ,
           Delivered
           by
           Mr.
           
             JOHN
             SPRINT
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Sermon
           at
           a
           Wedding
           ,
           May
           11th
           ,
           at
           Sherburn
           in
           Dorsetshire
           ,
           1699.
           
           By
           a
           Lady
           of
           Quality
           .
        
         
           —
           Hanc
           etiam
           Moecenas
           aspice
           partem
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Andrew
             Bell
          
           at
           the
           Cross-keys
           and
           Bible
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           near
           Stocksmarket
           .
           1700.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           The
           Lady
           W
           —
           ley
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
             ;
          
        
         
           ALL
           the
           World
           will
           agree
           with
           me
           ,
           when
           I
           tell
           You
           that
           't
           is
           not
           because
           You
           have
           any
           occasion
           of
           a
           Discourse
           of
           this
           kind
           that
           I
           lay
           these
           Reflections
           at
           Your
           Ladyship's
           feet
           ;
           but
           because
           You
           are
           a
           perfect
           Example
           how
           little
           need
           there
           is
           of
           an
           unsociable
           Majesty
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           or
           a
           vile
           Submission
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           where
           Virtue
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           Noble
           and
           Generous
           Souls
           ,
           Tender
           and
           Sublime
           Affections
           are
           mutually
           contemplated
           and
           enjoy'd
           ,
           and
           do
           for
           ever
           banish
           every
           Thought
           that
           might
           begin
           the
           least
           uneasiness
           .
           For
           if
           the
           Beauties
           of
           Your
           Mind
           ,
           and
           the
           perfect
           Agreeableness
           
           of
           Your
           Humor
           ,
           and
           the
           mighty
           Charms
           of
           Your
           Conversation
           are
           enough
           to
           melt
           the
           Heart
           of
           the
           most
           barbarous
           Man
           ,
           and
           soften
           him
           into
           a
           Generous
           Tenderness
           ;
           how
           great
           is
           the
           Happiness
           of
           You
           both
           ,
           when
           the
           noble
           Partner
           of
           Your
           Joys
           seems
           made
           for
           You
           ,
           and
           has
           those
           Great
           and
           Endearing
           Qualities
           which
           do
           sufficiently
           justify
           the
           exalted
           Passion
           You
           have
           for
           Him
           ,
           and
           the
           Opinion
           every
           one
           hath
           of
           Your
           Choice
           !
        
         
           Madam
           ,
        
         
           May
           You
           thus
           go
           on
           ,
           Live
           ,
           Love
           and
           be
           Happy
           ,
           till
           by
           just
           degrees
           You
           pass
           through
           all
           the
           Joys
           of
           this
           Life
           to
           those
           Above
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Ladiship
             's
             most
             obliged
             and
             most
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             Eugenia
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           PREFACE
           To
           the
           Female
           Sex.
           
        
         
           
             Ladies
             ;
          
        
         
           IF
           you
           inquire
           who
           I
           am
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           tell
           you
           in
           general
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           one
           that
           never
           yet
           came
           within
           the
           Clutches
           of
           a
           Husband
           ;
           and
           therefore
           what
           I
           write
           may
           be
           the
           more
           favourably
           interpreted
           as
           not
           coming
           from
           a
           Party
           concern'd
           .
           Nor
           really
           do
           I
           hope
           to
           make
           my
           Condition
           the
           easier
           if
           ever
           I
           resign
           my self
           into
           the
           Arms
           of
           one
           of
           the
           other
           Sex.
           No
           ,
           I
           am
           very
           well
           satisfy'd
           that
           there
           are
           a
           great
           many
           
             Brave
             Men
          
           ,
           whose
           Generous
           Principles
           make
           'em
           scorn
           the
           Methods
           that
           very
           Reason
           condemns
           .
           Not
           that
           I
           can
           boast
           of
           any
           great
           Beauty
           ,
           or
           a
           vast
           Fortune
           ,
           two
           things
           
           (
           especially
           the
           latter
           )
           which
           are
           able
           to
           make
           us
           Conquerors
           thro
           the
           World.
           But
           I
           have
           endeavour'd
           to
           furnish
           my self
           with
           something
           more
           valuable
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           brag
           that
           I
           understand
           a
           little
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           (
           Languages
           being
           only
           the
           effects
           of
           Confusion
           )
           having
           made
           some
           attempt
           to
           look
           into
           the
           more
           solid
           parts
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           having
           adventur'd
           a
           little
           abroad
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           endeavour'd
           to
           understand
           Men
           and
           Manners
           .
           And
           having
           seen
           something
           of
           the
           Italian
           and
           Spanish
           Humors
           ,
           I
           solemnly
           profess
           I
           never
           observ'd
           in
           Italy
           ,
           nor
           Spain
           it self
           ,
           a
           Slavery
           so
           abject
           as
           this
           Author
           would
           fain
           persuade
           us
           to
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           those
           of
           you
           that
           are
           already
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Bondage
           ,
           and
           have
           found
           all
           the
           Charms
           of
           Innocence
           and
           good
           Humour
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           exact
           Prudence
           ineffectual
           long
           to
           recommend
           you
           to
           the
           Smiles
           of
           your
           new
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           ;
           I
           think
           indeed
           't
           will
           be
           very
           well
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           as
           he
           advises
           you
           ,
           bring
           down
           the
           very
           Desires
           of
           your
           Hearts
           to
           their
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           fancy
           your selves
           happy
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           those
           of
           you
           that
           are
           happily
           married
           ,
           your
           Life
           and
           Actions
           are
           a
           sufficient
           
           Contradiction
           to
           this
           Gentleman
           ;
           while
           you
           let
           the
           World
           see
           that
           you
           can
           please
           your
           Husbands
           without
           that
           extraordinaay
           way
           which
           he
           recommends
           in
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           that
           was
           thought
           so
           unmanly
           and
           scandalous
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           I
           am
           inform'd
           )
           Mr.
           L
           —
           the
           Minister
           who
           is
           resident
           at
           Sherborn
           ,
           look'd
           on
           himself
           as
           oblig'd
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           in
           the
           public
           News
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           not
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Discourse
           ,
           lest
           ,
           it
           being
           preach'd
           where
           he
           lives
           ,
           they
           who
           knew
           not
           his
           Name
           might
           impute
           it
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           Ladies
           ,
           I
           would
           recommend
           to
           your
           Thoughts
           something
           that
           is
           great
           and
           noble
           ,
           viz.
           to
           furnish
           your
           Minds
           with
           true
           Knowledg
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           an
           Ingenious
           Lady
           tells
           us
           )
           you
           may
           know
           something
           more
           than
           a
           well-chosen
           Petticoat
           ,
           or
           a
           fashionable
           Commode
           .
           Learning
           becomes
           us
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Men.
           Several
           of
           the
           French
           Ladies
           ,
           and
           with
           us
           the
           late
           incomparable
           Mrs.
           Baynard
           ,
           and
           the
           Lady
           that
           is
           Mr.
           
           Norris's
           Correspondent
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           are
           Witnesses
           of
           this
           .
           Hereby
           we
           shall
           be
           far
           enough
           from
           being
           charm'd
           with
           a
           great
           Estate
           ,
           or
           mov'd
           with
           the
           flowing
           Nonsense
           and
           Romantic
           Bombast
           of
           every
           Foppish
           Beau
           ;
           and
           shall
           
           learn
           (
           if
           we
           choose
           Companions
           for
           our
           Lives
           )
           to
           select
           the
           Great
           ,
           the
           Generous
           ,
           the
           Brave
           and
           Deserving
           Souls
           ,
           Men
           who
           will
           as
           much
           hate
           to
           see
           us
           uneasy
           ,
           as
           this
           Gentleman
           is
           afraid
           of
           coming
           under
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Apron
           .
        
         
           
             Yours
             ,
             Eugenia
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           REFLECTIONS
           ON
           A
           late
           Rude
           and
           Disingenuous
           DISCOURSE
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           BEing
           presented
           with
           the
           Book
           I
           am
           now
           going
           to
           consider
           ,
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           who
           I
           am
           sure
           was
           very
           far
           in
           it
           from
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           I
           took
           the
           liberty
           to
           pass
           a
           few
           Remarks
           on
           so
           singular
           and
           extraordinary
           a
           Piece
           ;
           tho
           some
           think
           it
           beyond
           the
           bounds
           of
           Female
           Patience
           to
           peruse
           it
           .
           But
           (
           like
           a
           jealous
           Husband
           )
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           know
           all
           against
           our selves
           ,
           especially
           that
           so
           celebrated
           an
           Author
           can
           produce
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           when
           I
           had
           follow'd
           him
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           wonder
           to
           find
           a
           Sex
           attack'd
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           with
           more
           confident
           Impudence
           than
           ever
           they
           were
           on
           the
           Stage
           ,
           tho
           with
           far
           less
           Wit
           and
           Ingenuity
           .
        
         
         
           When
           I
           had
           in
           as
           little
           Time
           as
           Patience
           turn'd
           over
           all
           those
           bitter
           Leaves
           ,
           tho
           I
           easily
           found
           his
           Design
           ,
           yet
           for
           my
           heart
           I
           could
           never
           once
           find
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Arguments
           by
           which
           he
           endeavours
           to
           drive
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           after
           all
           I
           think
           a
           resolute
           and
           headstrong
           Yea
           or
           Nay
           would
           have
           done
           as
           well
           altogether
           .
           Hereupon
           I
           laid
           aside
           the
           Book
           as
           a
           most
           self-confuting
           Piece
           ,
           till
           I
           found
           that
           Miracles
           were
           not
           ceas'd
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           People
           were
           so
           charm'd
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           it
           worth
           their
           while
           to
           teeze
           every
           poor
           Woman
           they
           met
           with
           it
           .
           Upon
           this
           I
           began
           to
           have
           some
           design
           of
           taking
           Arms
           ,
           and
           alarming
           the
           whole
           Power
           of
           Females
           against
           him
           .
           But
           upon
           second
           thoughts
           I
           resolv'd
           to
           save
           'em
           the
           trouble
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           a
           single
           Combat
           with
           this
           great
           Goliah
           ,
           this
           man
           of
           mighty
           Fame
           .
        
         
           As
           humble
           thoughts
           as
           I
           have
           of
           my self
           ,
           I
           began
           to
           be
           afraid
           that
           he
           would
           think
           himself
           honour'd
           by
           an
           Antagonist
           ,
           and
           conclude
           for
           certain
           that
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           some
           mighty
           Force
           in
           his
           Arguments
           if
           any
           Resistance
           was
           made
           .
           But
           at
           last
           considering
           his
           haughty
           Temper
           ,
           and
           knowing
           't
           was
           impossible
           he
           should
           have
           greater
           thoughts
           of
           his
           last
           Piece
           than
           he
           has
           already
           ;
           I
           began
           to
           lay
           aside
           that
           fear
           ,
           and
           only
           expected
           that
           he
           would
           fancy
           himself
           
           the
           Emperor
           of
           the
           Moon
           ,
           and
           whoever
           writes
           against
           him
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           little
           snarling
           Animals
           that
           are
           angry
           at
           its
           Light
           and
           Glory
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           the
           first
           time
           a
           Woman
           has
           appear'd
           in
           Public
           ,
           and
           't
           will
           be
           hard
           for
           any
           to
           accuse
           us
           for
           taking
           up
           Weapons
           since
           they
           are
           only
           defensive
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           provok'd
           into
           the
           Field
           by
           so
           great
           and
           honourable
           a
           Champion
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           itch
           of
           being
           in
           Print
           which
           the
           Men
           have
           infected
           us
           with
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           having
           but
           lifted
           up
           a
           Pen
           against
           so
           great
           a
           Man
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Excuse
           beyond
           all
           Reply
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           may
           easily
           imagin
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           Thoughts
           and
           strong
           Resolutions
           ,
           how
           I
           began
           to
           tremble
           when
           I
           came
           within
           sight
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           perceiv'd
           with
           what
           a
           Front
           he
           appear'd
           .
           Not
           
             Don
             Quixot
          
           was
           more
           scar'd
           at
           the
           first
           sight
           of
           the
           Giant
           Caraculiambro
           .
           However
           the
           greater
           Danger
           ,
           the
           greater
           Honour
           :
           So
           on
           I
           went
           with
           a
           mighty
           Courage
           till
           I
           came
           within
           reach
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           began
           the
           Battel
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           be
           not
           orderly
           and
           well
           pitch'd
           ,
           't
           is
           owing
           to
           the
           motions
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           whom
           I
           must
           follow
           up
           hill
           and
           down
           hill
           till
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           same
           place
           again
           .
        
         
           To
           begin
           therfore
           with
           his
           
             forlorn
             Hope
          
           ;
           he
           tells
           the
           World
           in
           his
           Preface
           that
           we
           may
           easily
           see
           cause
           enough
           to
           believe
           't
           was
           
           design'd
           for
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           Press
           .
           No
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           he
           meant
           no
           such
           thing
           at
           all
           as
           to
           affront
           the
           Ladies
           in
           public
           :
           and
           indeed
           he
           must
           be
           possest
           of
           very
           strange
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           exceding
           vain
           in
           his
           Imagination
           ,
           that
           could
           hope
           to
           do
           the
           least
           good
           by
           such
           a
           Discourse
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           yet
           much
           vainer
           to
           hope
           it
           from
           the
           Press
           .
           And
           yet
           that
           very
           Reason
           which
           should
           have
           deter'd
           him
           for
           ever
           from
           the
           least
           thought
           of
           preaching
           ,
           at
           this
           rate
           is
           made
           an
           excuse
           why
           he
           should
           print
           it
           .
           It
           hath
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             so
             fallen
             out
          
           (
           and
           that
           one
           half
           blind
           might
           have
           seen
           before-hand
           )
           
             that
             the
             Doctrine
             therein
             contain'd
             is
             unhappily
             represented
             to
             the
             World
             by
             some
             ill-natur'd
             Females
             .
          
           Now
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           very
           pleasant
           Invention
           for
           any
           well-dispos'd
           Person
           to
           get
           into
           the
           World
           by
           :
           'T
           is
           but
           to
           utter
           some
           Doctrine
           or
           other
           that
           a
           Man
           may
           be
           sure
           before-hand
           will
           be
           justly
           spoken
           against
           ;
           and
           because
           't
           is
           unhappily
           represented
           by
           some
           ill-natur'd
           People
           ,
           away
           to
           
             W.
             B
          
           —
           y's
           of
           Bristol
           with
           it
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Printer
           that
           has
           no
           other
           Business
           but
           Mountebanks
           Bills
           ,
           Wedding-Sermons
           ,
           and
           Ballads
           ,
           with
           such
           other
           honourable
           things
           ;
           and
           so
           immediately
           set
           up
           for
           an
           Author
           ,
           and
           expect
           that
           every
           one
           should
           complement
           him
           on
           the
           occasion
           .
           Ay
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           a
           most
           clever
           
           excuse
           too
           for
           a
           second
           and
           third
           Edition
           with
           Additions
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           that
           if
           this
           Reverend
           Gentleman
           should
           have
           the
           Mortification
           to
           find
           at
           Christmas
           that
           some
           
             ill-natur'd
             Females
          
           had
           been
           so
           spiteful
           and
           profane
           as
           to
           have
           put
           his
           excellent
           Discourse
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           minc'd
           Pies
           ;
           he
           may
           hereupon
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           found
           out
           a
           wicked
           way
           to
           obscure
           the
           Glory
           of
           so
           dread
           an
           Author
           ;
           and
           therefore
           for
           this
           and
           many
           other
           reasons
           him
           thereunto
           moving
           ,
           he
           resolves
           to
           reprint
           it
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           prophesy
           with
           what
           Success
           .
           But
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           thought
           that
           I
           suppose
           the
           Author
           has
           not
           purchas'd
           that
           Reputation
           which
           he
           deserves
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           seems
           to
           be
           so
           very
           apprehensive
           of
           ,
           when
           he
           talks
           so
           prophetically
           of
           purchasing
           the
           
             Character
             of
             a
             dull
             Blockhead
          
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           will
           without
           much
           dispute
           be
           granted
           that
           his
           words
           were
           ominous
           ;
           only
           this
           I
           must
           add
           ,
           that
           Dulness
           and
           Malice
           are
           commonly
           very
           near
           Companions
           ,
           and
           help
           out
           one
           another
           at
           a
           dead
           lift
           :
           And
           yet
           he
           hopes
           he
           says
           (
           good
           Gentleman
           !
           )
           that
           he
           shall
           avoid
           the
           imputation
           of
           Impudence
           ,
           yes
           ,
           tho
           it
           be
           by
           one
           of
           the
           grossest
           Instances
           of
           it
           that
           a
           Person
           of
           his
           Character
           is
           capable
           of
           .
           As
           a
           proof
           of
           which
           in
           the
           next
           words
           ,
           he
           makes
           Proclamation
           ,
           
           
             Be
             it
             known
             unto
             all
             Men
             that
             I
             have
             not
             met
             with
             one
             Woman
             among
             all
             my
             Accusers
             ,
             whose
             Husband
             is
             able
             to
             give
             her
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             dutiful
             and
             obedient
             Wife
             .
          
           And
           this
           also
           is
           a
           most
           infallible
           way
           of
           defending
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           World.
           Just
           so
           ,
           when
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           and
           Non-resistance
           was
           cry'd
           up
           and
           down
           with
           a
           mighty
           Confidence
           ,
           't
           was
           but
           to
           say
           that
           all
           that
           spoke
           against
           this
           Doctrine
           were
           disloyal
           and
           rebellious
           ,
           and
           the
           business
           was
           compleatly
           done
           and
           ended
           ,
           and
           needed
           no
           further
           Confirmation
           .
           So
           ,
           because
           the
           Ladies
           can't
           bear
           so
           harsh
           and
           imperious
           a
           Doctrine
           as
           his
           is
           ,
           therfore
           it
           shall
           be
           a
           Justification
           of
           his
           Doctrine
           that
           they
           cannot
           ,
           and
           prov'd
           to
           be
           reasonable
           because
           't
           is
           intolerable
           .
           Strong
           Thoughts
           !
           a
           mighty
           Argument
           !
           especially
           if
           we
           consider
           that
           the
           Husbands
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           't
           is
           likely
           ,
           measure
           the
           Duties
           of
           their
           Wives
           by
           the
           boundless
           Limits
           which
           this
           Gentleman
           has
           laid
           out
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           no
           wonder
           if
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           give
           them
           the
           Character
           of
           dutiful
           and
           obedient
           Wives
           .
           Then
           he
           tells
           us
           that
           
             good
             Wives
             are
             not
             offended
             with
             his
             Discourse
          
           ;
           now
           by
           
             good
             Wives
          
           he
           certainly
           means
           such
           as
           he
           describes
           ,
           and
           then
           no
           wonder
           they
           say
           not
           much
           against
           him
           ,
           since
           a
           word
           
           against
           his
           Doctrine
           is
           enough
           to
           purchase
           them
           a
           very
           rough
           and
           unwelcome
           Salutation
           from
           their
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           .
           But
           I
           believe
           it
           would
           be
           no
           hard
           task
           to
           make
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           very
           good
           Wives
           who
           have
           censur'd
           him
           as
           an
           Instrument
           of
           Oppression
           and
           Tyranny
           to
           others
           ,
           tho
           they
           themselves
           are
           not
           under
           it
           .
           However
           he
           is
           in
           a
           good
           humour
           for
           once
           ,
           and
           tells
           us
           he
           'll
           promise
           to
           say
           as
           much
           to
           the
           Men
           (
           I
           'll
           forgive
           him
           if
           he
           does
           )
           
             when
             this
             Discourse
          
           of
           his
           has
           
             reform'd
             imperious
             Wives
          
           .
           Now
           this
           is
           a
           most
           dexterous
           turn
           ,
           and
           has
           very
           much
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           supposing
           his
           Notions
           to
           be
           ever
           so
           just
           and
           reasonable
           ,
           yet
           hereby
           he
           'll
           excuse
           himself
           from
           ever
           publishing
           any
           thing
           for
           the
           instruction
           of
           Mankind
           how
           to
           behave
           themselves
           towards
           us
           ,
           for
           doubtless
           there
           are
           and
           will
           be
           still
           some
           imprudent
           and
           unreasonable
           Creatures
           on
           both
           sides
           .
           Now
           as
           he
           makes
           this
           a
           Reason
           why
           he
           will
           not
           speak
           to
           the
           Men
           ,
           so
           if
           he
           had
           begun
           with
           them
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           made
           it
           a
           Reason
           why
           he
           would
           never
           have
           vouchsafed
           to
           dictate
           to
           the
           Women
           .
           In
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           his
           Preface
           he
           begins
           a
           Triumph
           ,
           tho
           it
           may
           not
           seem
           a
           very
           proper
           place
           for
           it
           ,
           especially
           considering
           the
           Foundation
           on
           which
           he
           grounds
           it
           .
           He
           finds
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             upon
             the
             whole
             that
             't
             is
             Womens
             
             Guilt
             that
             puts
             'em
             to
             so
             much
             Pain
             which
             they
             feel
             in
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             knows
             no
             better
             an
             Antidote
          
           (
           you
           must
           know
           he
           has
           an
           insight
           into
           Physic
           )
           
             than
             a
             speedy
             Repentance
             and
             Reformation
             :
          
           very
           well
           ,
           but
           I
           wonder
           how
           he
           came
           to
           know
           that
           the
           Women
           feel
           such
           Pain
           in
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           for
           I
           suppose
           very
           few
           will
           make
           him
           their
           Father-Confessor
           .
           This
           Gentleman
           has
           a
           most
           absolute
           way
           to
           discipline
           his
           Consort
           ;
           if
           she
           ever
           is
           uneasy
           at
           any
           of
           his
           Impositions
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           for
           him
           to
           tell
           her
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           Pain
           in
           her
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           spiritual
           Antidote
           is
           whatever
           he
           shall
           command
           her
           to
           repent
           of
           or
           reform
           .
           But
           the
           Conclusion
           is
           bolder
           than
           all
           ;
           he
           is
           not
           contented
           to
           make
           them
           bear
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           suffer
           Persecution
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           but
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           these
           things
           shall
           
             pursue
             them
             to
             Judgement
          
           .
           But
           under
           favour
           ,
           he
           must
           first
           of
           all
           perswade
           us
           that
           what
           he
           says
           is
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           fright
           any
           of
           us
           with
           a
           Purgatory
           hereafter
           ,
           for
           not
           being
           willing
           to
           endure
           a
           Hell
           upon
           Earth
           while
           we
           are
           here
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           make
           but
           one
           Remark
           more
           on
           his
           Preface
           ,
           and
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Arguments
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           .
           As
           to
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           he
           has
           this
           to
           say
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           not
           design'd
           for
           the
           Press
           ;
           so
           that
           't
           is
           to
           
           be
           expected
           that
           the
           Preface
           ,
           which
           certainly
           was
           design'd
           for
           it
           ,
           should
           be
           much
           more
           strong
           and
           labour'd
           than
           his
           careless
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           he
           deliver'd
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           I
           have
           consider'd
           it
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           with
           abundance
           of
           Patience
           and
           Fairness
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           may
           judg
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Arguments
           in
           the
           one
           what
           we
           are
           to
           expect
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           attempted
           to
           force
           from
           these
           words
           ,
        
         
           1
           Cor.
           vii
           .
           34.
           
        
         
           But
           she
           that
           is
           married
           ,
           careth
           for
           the
           things
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           how
           she
           may
           please
           her
           Husband
           .
        
         
           This
           the
           Author
           makes
           the
           bottom
           of
           his
           Harangue
           ;
           and
           to
           give
           us
           a
           taste
           of
           his
           Learning
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           
             (
             p.
             1.
          
           )
           the
           original
           meaning
           of
           the
           hard
           and
           obscure
           word
           
             [
             careth
          
           ]
           and
           by
           a
           most
           deep
           and
           doughty
           Criticism
           neatly
           contrives
           his
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           he
           makes
           so
           very
           much
           haste
           to
           be
           at
           ,
           that
           he
           seems
           to
           leap
           quite
           over
           the
           Connexion
           between
           the
           Text
           and
           the
           Argument
           .
           The
           Criticism
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           
             [
             careth
          
           ]
           (
           take
           notice
           Ladies
           )
           
             signifies
             more
             than
             ordinary
             Care
             ,
             and
             implies
             a
             dividing
             of
             the
             Mind
             into
             divers
             thoughts
             ,
             
             casting
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             that
             way
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             ,
             how
             to
             give
             best
             Content
             :
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           Fetch
           and
           bring
           ,
           Go
           ,
           and
           she
           goeth
           ,
           Come
           ,
           and
           she
           cometh
           ;
           To
           the
           Right
           ,
           to
           the
           Left
           ,
           as
           you
           were
           ,
           and
           so
           on
           .
           Now
           to
           use
           a
           hard
           word
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           most
           Etymological
           Argument
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           Consideration
           .
           Thus
           some
           Divines
           tell
           us
           the
           word
           signifies
           a
           dividing
           ,
           distracting
           Care
           ;
           whence
           at
           this
           way
           of
           arguing
           ,
           we
           might
           be
           told
           that
           Marriage
           was
           a
           divided
           distracted
           Condition
           ,
           &c.
           which
           would
           not
           be
           a
           Doctrine
           calculated
           to
           increase
           the
           number
           of
           this
           Gentleman
           's
           Female
           Proselytes
           .
           I
           could
           by
           the
           same
           method
           prove
           a
           Doctrine
           not
           very
           pleasing
           to
           him
           :
           for
           in
           the
           words
           before
           ,
           ver
           .
           33.
           
           
             He
             that
             is
             married
             careth
             for
             the
             things
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             how
             he
             may
             please
             his
             Wife
          
           ;
           the
           original
           word
           is
           the
           very
           *
           same
           :
           therefore
           I
           say
           that
           a
           Man
           ought
           to
           
             divide
             his
             Mind
             ,
             to
             cast
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             that
             way
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             ,
          
           how
           to
           please
           and
           content
           his
           Wife
           ,
           since
           he
           tells
           us
           this
           is
           the
           true
           and
           proper
           signification
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           not
           ,
           't
           is
           his
           own
           fault
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           he
           thinks
           this
           one
           Criticism
           so
           great
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           has
           so
           much
           in
           't
           ,
           that
           he
           tells
           us
           he
           can
           meet
           with
           no
           other
           verbal
           Difficulties
           .
        
         
         
           
             [
             Careth
             for
             the
             things
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             how
             she
             may
             please
             her
             Husband
             ]
          
           intimating
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           Reverend
           Author's
           way
           of
           arguing
           ,
           that
           without
           the
           things
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           a
           Husband
           will
           not
           be
           pleas'd
           .
           But
           it
           seems
           he
           was
           resolv'd
           that
           this
           Point
           should
           most
           clearly
           spring
           from
           his
           Text
           ,
        
         
           
             It
             is
             d
             Duty
             ineumbent
             on
             all
             married
             Women
             ,
             to
             be
             extraordinary
             careful
             to
             content
             and
             please
             their
             Husbands
             .
          
           And
           if
           they
           are
           all
           such
           as
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           how
           can
           they
           choose
           !
           From
           this
           Doctrine
           he
           says
           he
           'll
           
             faithfully
             represent
             the
             Woman's
             Duty
          
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           faithful
           Representer
           he
           is
           :
           and
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           may
           not
           this
           be
           the
           reason
           ,
           why
           the
           celebrated
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Irish
             Scuffle
          
           gives
           him
           the
           renowned
           name
           of
           Fido
           in
           that
           unparallel'd
           Book
           ?
        
         
           Our
           Author
           finding
           that
           't
           would
           be
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           very
           rude
           and
           barbarous
           thing
           to
           treat
           the
           weak
           and
           defenceless
           Sex
           with
           such
           a
           Discourse
           as
           he
           had
           prepar'd
           for
           'em
           ,
           without
           saying
           any
           thing
           almost
           to
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           it
           would
           become
           the
           Honour
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           the
           Gravity
           of
           a
           Minister
           ,
           or
           the
           Charity
           of
           a
           Christian
           to
           aggravate
           the
           Faults
           of
           some
           and
           impute
           them
           to
           the
           Sex
           ,
           and
           say
           every
           thing
           imaginable
           to
           exasperate
           the
           Government
           (
           for
           so
           let
           the
           Husbands
           be
           
           call'd
           )
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           never
           once
           touch
           the
           notorious
           and
           visible
           Faults
           and
           Barbarities
           of
           a
           great
           many
           He-Brutes
           ;
           he
           doubtless
           foresaw
           this
           ,
           and
           therefore
           before
           he
           advanc'd
           his
           precious
           Matter
           ,
           he
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           answer
           an
           Objection
           ,
           which
           he
           brings
           in
           the
           Women
           making
           ,
           and
           offers
           at
           some
           Reasons
           why
           he
           thought
           it
           not
           all
           convenient
           for
           his
           purpose
           (
           as
           to
           be
           sure
           it
           was
           not
           )
           to
           rip
           up
           his
           own
           and
           other
           Mens
           Faults
           ,
           and
           so
           condemn
           himself
           out
           of
           his
           own
           mouth
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Reason
           he
           gives
           for
           the
           leaving
           out
           the
           Masculine
           part
           of
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           is
           
             because
             the
             Woman's
             Duty
             is
             harder
             and
             more
             difficult
             than
             that
             of
             the
             Man.
          
           But
           I
           always
           thought
           that
           it
           was
           sometimes
           as
           difficult
           for
           Governors
           to
           carry
           themselves
           well
           as
           for
           the
           Governed
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           some
           Tempers
           to
           avoid
           Tyranny
           and
           unreasonable
           Commands
           was
           as
           great
           a
           Virtue
           as
           a
           vile
           Submission
           in
           a
           Woman
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           think
           that
           Reason
           vanishes
           .
           However
           I
           shall
           take
           notice
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           the
           Subjection
           which
           he
           thinks
           belongs
           to
           a
           Woman
           is
           a
           
             very
             hard
             and
             difficult
             thing
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Women
           are
           the
           more
           excusable
           if
           they
           are
           not
           always
           so
           very
           much
           under
           the
           Hatches
           ,
           since
           he
           owns
           they
           are
           but
           of
           very
           weak
           Abilities
           to
           learn.
           
             You
             Women
          
           ,
           
           says
           he
           ,
           
             will
             acknowledg
             that
             Men
             can
             learn
             to
             command
             and
             rule
             fast
             enough
             .
          
           Insolent
           Man
           !
           To
           preach
           us
           gravely
           into
           Slavery
           and
           Chains
           ,
           and
           then
           deride
           and
           banter
           us
           ,
           as
           the
           Babylonians
           did
           the
           Captive
           Jews
           when
           they
           had
           'em
           fast
           in
           their
           power
           .
           And
           not
           contented
           with
           this
           ,
           he
           makes
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           come
           in
           for
           a
           share
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           insulting
           over
           us
           :
           Women
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             have
             need
             of
             Line
             upon
             Line
             ,
             Precept
             upon
             Precept
             ,
             here
             a
             little
             and
             there
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             all
             little
             enough
             to
             make
             them
             perfect
             in
             their
             Lesson
             .
          
           Now
           here
           is
           for
           certain
           a
           touch
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           true
           
             Veteran
             Jingle
          
           in
           little
           and
           little
           and
           
             little
             enough
          
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Reason
           he
           brings
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             Because
             Women
             are
             of
             weaker
             Capacities
             to
             learn
             than
             Men.
          
           P.
           5.
           
           This
           is
           exceeding
           pleasant
           indeed
           ;
           I
           suppose
           ,
           if
           Men
           were
           to
           learn
           the
           same
           Lesson
           ,
           their
           Capacities
           would
           be
           as
           weak
           .
           This
           brings
           to
           my
           mind
           the
           Story
           of
           the
           General
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           had
           condemn'd
           the
           Soldiers
           of
           a
           conquer'd
           Garison
           to
           leap
           down
           from
           a
           vast
           high
           Tower
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           going
           to
           leap
           after
           his
           dead
           Companions
           made
           three
           or
           four
           Recoils
           ;
           and
           being
           threaten'd
           with
           a
           more
           cruel
           Death
           by
           the
           General
           ,
           reply'd
           ,
           I
           'll
           give
           you
           twice
           as
           many
           times
           to
           do
           it
           .
           
           The
           Application
           is
           easy
           .
           According
           to
           this
           rule
           ,
           what
           strange
           Inferences
           do
           naturally
           follow
           .
           Suppose
           a
           Master
           and
           his
           Servants
           ,
           a
           Lawyer
           and
           his
           Clients
           ,
           a
           Physician
           and
           his
           Patients
           ;
           't
           is
           you
           'll
           say
           the
           duty
           of
           these
           Servants
           ,
           Clients
           ,
           and
           Patients
           to
           be
           govern'd
           and
           submit
           :
           But
           a
           Servant
           may
           be
           abus'd
           by
           his
           Master
           ,
           a
           Client
           cheated
           and
           impoverish'd
           by
           his
           Lawyer
           ,
           and
           the
           Patient
           genteely
           dispatch'd
           by
           his
           Doctor
           .
           Now
           certainly
           any
           Man
           would
           be
           of
           a
           
             weak
             Capacity
          
           to
           endure
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Duties
           of
           Servants
           ,
           Clients
           ,
           and
           Patients
           must
           be
           always
           rung
           in
           their
           Ears
           ,
           and
           the
           Duties
           of
           Masters
           ,
           Lawyers
           ,
           and
           Physicians
           ,
           never
           .
           Who
           sees
           not
           the
           mighty
           force
           ,
           and
           feels
           not
           the
           close
           girds
           of
           so
           sinewy
           an
           Argument
           ?
        
         
           
             His
             third
             Reason
             is
          
           ,
           because
           according
           to
           the
           Observation
           that
           he
           has
           made
           ,
           most
           of
           the
           Distractions
           and
           Disturbances
           of
           a
           married
           Life
           are
           owing
           to
           the
           Indiscretion
           and
           Folly
           of
           disobedient
           Wives
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           Gentleman
           has
           spent
           the
           time
           past
           of
           his
           Life
           in
           making
           these
           Observations
           ,
           he
           may
           have
           made
           a
           great
           many
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           deserves
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             New
             Observator
          
           :
           and
           then
           no
           wonder
           ,
           having
           been
           otherwise
           employ'd
           ,
           that
           his
           Lucubrations
           produce
           such
           Sermons
           as
           this
           
           on
           so
           solemn
           an
           occasion
           .
           I
           suppose
           in
           his
           Observations
           he
           always
           happen'd
           to
           have
           the
           Women
           on
           that
           side
           he
           could
           see
           clearest
           ,
           and
           either
           knew
           not
           or
           wink'd
           at
           the
           Mens
           Mismanagements
           .
           But
           suppose
           it
           were
           true
           that
           his
           Observations
           had
           furnish'd
           him
           with
           few
           or
           none
           of
           the
           Mens
           Faults
           ,
           it
           dos
           not
           follow
           that
           no
           ones
           Observation
           else
           has
           .
        
         
           However
           he
           has
           an
           unquestionable
           Argument
           in
           store
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           :
           
             I
             shall
             not
             scruple
             to
             affirm
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             that
             the
             number
             of
             bad
             Husbands
             ,
             which
             their
             Wives
             have
             made
             so
             ,
             is
             greater
             by
             far
             than
             the
             number
             of
             those
             whom
             their
             Wives
             have
             found
             so
             .
          
           Under
           which
           Head
           he
           is
           to
           be
           plac'd
           I
           need
           not
           determine
           .
           I
           had
           heard
           indeed
           before
           of
           a
           very
           short
           way
           of
           proving
           things
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           by
           
             strong
             Affirmation
          
           :
           And
           this
           is
           an
           Argument
           so
           ready
           at
           hand
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           been
           his
           inaccessible
           Refuge
           in
           several
           places
           throughout
           the
           Book
           .
           Yet
           I
           think
           here
           he
           has
           pass'd
           an
           
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
          
           upon
           himself
           ,
           and
           has
           forgot
           that
           he
           uses
           this
           very
           Argument
           of
           
             strong
             Affirmation
          
           in
           a
           thing
           quite
           contrary
           to
           this
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           of
           
           Eve's
           Daughters
           ,
           or
           Women
           in
           general
           ,
           that
           
             if
             they
             will
             have
             Husbands
             ,
             and
             have
             them
             good
             ,
             they
             must
             take
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Care
             and
             Pains
             to
             make
             'em
             so
             .
          
           P.
           18.
           
           Therfore
           certainly
           they
           find
           
           them
           very
           bad
           if
           they
           must
           take
           so
           much
           pains
           to
           make
           them
           good
           :
           And
           yet
           here
           he
           says
           ,
           
             the
             number
             of
             bad
             Husbands
             whom
             their
             Wives
             have
             found
             so
             is
             little
             or
             nothing
             compar'd
             with
             those
             they
             make
             so
             .
          
           But
           the
           Pages
           lying
           at
           a
           convenient
           distance
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           hoping
           it's
           like
           what
           sort
           of
           Readers
           he
           was
           like
           to
           have
           ,
           he
           might
           think
           no
           notice
           would
           be
           taken
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           that
           none
           would
           peruse
           the
           Book
           but
           those
           that
           wanted
           sense
           to
           discover
           the
           Mistake
           .
           But
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           be
           more
           merciful
           to
           him
           than
           he
           is
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           shall
           no
           further
           insist
           on
           his
           Failings
           than
           to
           manifest
           that
           they
           are
           such
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           own
           Defence
           against
           a
           Man
           whose
           Arguments
           are
           like
           a
           two-edg'd
           Sword
           ,
           and
           cut
           at
           once
           two
           contrary
           ways
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           pass
           on
           to
           the
           fourth
           Reason
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             Because
             the
             Love
             of
             a
             Husband
             does
             very
             much
             depend
             upon
             the
             Obedience
             of
             a
             Wife
             .
          
           P.
           6.
           
           If
           by
           Obedience
           he
           means
           a
           servile
           Subjection
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           very
           clear
           Argument
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           very
           persuasive
           no
           doubt
           .
           But
           if
           he
           means
           only
           reasonable
           and
           generous
           Compliance
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           produc'd
           by
           the
           noble
           and
           resistless
           Charms
           of
           mutual
           Love
           ,
           I
           grant
           him
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           viz.
           that
           the
           Love
           of
           a
           Husband
           very
           much
           depends
           on
           the
           Love
           of
           a
           Wife
           .
           But
           my
           Understanding
           
           is
           not
           so
           far
           enlightened
           ,
           as
           to
           see
           any
           reason
           in
           this
           why
           the
           Women
           should
           be
           teez'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Men
           for
           ever
           escape
           .
           And
           here
           agen
           he
           hath
           another
           Paradox
           ,
           and
           tells
           us
           that
           if
           the
           Wife
           becomes
           
             pliant
             and
             yielding
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           becomes
           a
           good
           easy
           tractable
           Slave
           )
           
             to
             her
             Husbands
             Desire
             ,
             she
             then
             may
             do
             e'en
             what
             she
             pleases
             with
             him
             :
          
           Which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           If
           she
           be
           a
           perfect
           Slave
           ,
           she
           may
           have
           her
           Liberty
           .
           I
           shall
           never
           be
           persuaded
           that
           such
           Gentlemen
           who
           desire
           the
           subjection
           of
           their
           Wives
           ,
           and
           are
           willing
           to
           confine
           them
           to
           the
           treatment
           of
           Servants
           ,
           have
           any
           great
           opinion
           of
           their
           Persons
           or
           their
           Liberty
           .
           And
           yet
           after
           all
           ,
           this
           well-bred
           Gentleman
           ,
           this
           Learned
           Doctor
           tells
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           
             more
             afraid
             than
             hurt
          
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           are
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           not
           owing
           to
           his
           Temper
           ,
           his
           Wishes
           ,
           nor
           his
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           The
           5
           th
           and
           the
           last
           Reason
           he
           names
           is
           this
           :
           
             Because
             that
             all
             he
             pretends
             to
             is
             to
             lay
             our
             Duty
             before
             us
             .
          
           Very
           well
           !
           But
           where
           the
           consequence
           is
           (
           supposing
           this
           be
           his
           true
           and
           upright
           Intention
           )
           I
           can't
           tell
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           I
           grant
           him
           ,
           't
           would
           prove
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           hearken
           to
           it
           ;
           but
           however
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           offer
           any
           Reason
           why
           the
           other
           part
           should
           not
           be
           insisted
           on
           :
           for
           the
           self-same
           Argument
           would
           bring
           the
           Men
           upon
           the
           stage
           .
           If
           he
           had
           but
           said
           ,
           You
           Gentlemen
           
           Husbands
           ,
           I
           design
           to
           say
           nothing
           but
           
             what
             's
             your
             Duty
          
           ;
           this
           would
           have
           been
           thought
           a
           very
           strange
           Argument
           why
           nothing
           should
           be
           said
           to
           us
           .
           But
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           away
           he
           goes
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           tells
           us
           ,
           as
           for
           good
           Wives
           ,
           
             The
             knowledg
             and
             practice
             of
             their
             Duty
             is
             so
             comfortable
             and
             pleasant
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             listed
             in
             the
             number
             of
             these
             Objectors
             .
          
           And
           hereby
           he
           affirms
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           be
           a
           good
           Wife
           ,
           and
           yet
           object
           against
           the
           omission
           of
           the
           Mens
           part
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           Mistake
           so
           gross
           that
           it
           may
           be
           felt
           .
           And
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           this
           Goodness
           and
           Charity
           which
           this
           Gentleman
           here
           professes
           ,
           he
           cannot
           forbear
           ,
           but
           breaks
           out
           ,
           and
           says
           that
           he
           wishes
           
             where
             there
             is
             one
             good
             Wife
             ,
             there
             were
             a
             thousand
          
           ;
           whereby
           he
           most
           uncharitably
           insinuates
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           but
           one
           among
           a
           thousand
           good
           .
           So
           that
           if
           it
           be
           as
           he
           thinks
           and
           says
           ,
           he
           has
           a
           very
           strong
           opinion
           of
           himself
           ,
           to
           imagine
           that
           one
           single
           Sermon
           ,
           with
           its
           
             poor
             Endeavours
          
           (
           as
           he
           expresseth
           it
           )
           can
           make
           so
           many
           bad
           Women
           good
           ,
           when
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Bad
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Computation
           ,
           is
           a
           thousand
           to
           one
           .
           These
           five
           Reasons
           he
           imagins
           to
           be
           so
           gross
           ,
           solid
           ,
           and
           thick
           ,
           that
           he
           resolves
           to
           venture
           under
           their
           shelter
           in
           the
           face
           of
           his
           Female
           Adversaries
           :
           mighty
           Courage
           ,
           and
           an
           Heroic
           Attempt
           !
           But
           whether
           I
           
           have
           not
           shot
           this
           massy
           fivefold
           Shield
           through
           and
           through
           ,
           let
           the
           World
           judg
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           just
           and
           generous
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           have
           at
           least
           common
           sense
           ,
           and
           a
           moderate
           portion
           of
           Ingenuity
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           ,
           like
           a
           Man
           of
           Valour
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           seven
           Champions
           ,
           cleared
           his
           way
           through
           all
           manner
           of
           Reasons
           ,
           Arguments
           ,
           Objections
           ,
           Remonstrances
           ,
           &c.
           he
           now
           again
           sets
           up
           his
           Standard
           with
           this
           Inscription
           :
           
             That
             't
             is
             a
             Duty
             incumbent
             on
             all
             married
             Women
             to
             be
             extraordinary
             careful
             to
             please
             their
             Husbands
             .
          
           I
           suppose
           the
           Phrase
           here
           is
           somthing
           extraordinary
           and
           significant
           ;
           that
           Expression
           ,
           
             incumbent
             on
             married
             Women
          
           ,
           hath
           something
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           thought
           it
           perhaps
           very
           suitable
           to
           a
           Nuptial
           Occasion
           ;
           and
           any
           one
           that
           considers
           with
           what
           an
           Emphasis
           he
           pronounc'd
           the
           word
           
             [
             Incumbent
          
           ]
           will
           easily
           judg
           what
           sort
           of
           Metaphor
           he
           intended
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           he
           made
           the
           Allusion
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           for
           once
           ,
           I
           shall
           think
           it
           a
           Duty
           incumbent
           on
           me
           to
           consider
           what
           he
           says
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           follow
           him
           thro
           the
           whole
           set
           of
           Arguments
           that
           he
           has
           rang'd
           in
           order
           ;
           and
           I
           promise
           to
           consider
           the
           force
           and
           strength
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           conceal
           any
           part
           of
           it
           that
           I
           can
           discover
           .
           And
           here
           in
           the
           first
           place
           he
           says
           he
           shall
           
             prove
             it
             by
             Reason
             and
             Argument
             ,
          
           which
           really
           are
           two
           excellent
           things
           when
           
           they
           are
           well
           managed
           .
           2
           dly
           .
           He
           promises
           
             to
             show
             how
             and
             which
             way
          
           married
           Women
           must
           endeavour
           to
           please
           their
           Husbands
           (
           
             how
             and
             which
             way
          
           ,
           two
           excellent
           Heads
           well
           explained
           .
           )
           3
           dly
           ,
           To
           make
           some
           Improvement
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           make
           the
           best
           of
           a
           bad
           matter
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           he
           comes
           to
           his
           
             Reason
             and
             Argument
          
           ,
           the
           first
           of
           which
           is
           ,
           
             That
             Woman
             was
             made
             for
             the
             Comfort
             and
             Benefit
             of
             Man.
          
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           't
           is
           to
           be
           granted
           that
           Woman
           answers
           the
           end
           of
           her
           Creation
           when
           she
           does
           bring
           Comfort
           and
           Benefit
           to
           Man
           ;
           and
           a
           very
           noble
           requital
           does
           Man
           make
           to
           her
           when
           he
           follows
           this
           Gentleman's
           Instructions
           .
           Now
           I
           own
           't
           is
           true
           that
           Woman
           was
           made
           for
           the
           Comfort
           and
           Benefit
           of
           Man
           :
           but
           I
           think
           it
           a
           much
           nobler
           Comfort
           to
           have
           a
           Companion
           ,
           a
           Person
           in
           whom
           a
           Man
           can
           confide
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           can
           communicate
           his
           very
           Soul
           ,
           and
           open
           his
           Breast
           and
           most
           inward
           Thoughts
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           a
           Slave
           sitting
           at
           his
           Footstool
           ,
           and
           trembling
           at
           every
           word
           that
           comes
           like
           Thunder
           and
           Lightning
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           domestic
           Pharaoh
           .
           An
           honourable
           and
           noble
           Companion
           was
           doubtless
           intended
           by
           the
           wise
           Creator
           .
           
             It
             is
             not
             good
             that
             Man
             should
             be
             alone
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             him
             an
             help
             meet
             for
             him
             :
          
           Certainly
           this
           is
           meant
           of
           a
           Creature
           that
           should
           be
           
           a
           social
           help
           ,
           not
           a
           servile
           one
           .
           And
           the
           argument
           he
           takes
           from
           the
           Woman's
           being
           made
           for
           the
           profit
           of
           Man
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           very
           strong
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           ground
           upon
           which
           it
           depends
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           Man
           was
           created
           first
           .
           Now
           if
           it
           had
           so
           pleased
           the
           Eternal
           Father
           to
           have
           made
           the
           Woman
           first
           ,
           then
           because
           Man
           was
           made
           last
           ,
           tho
           he
           be
           ,
           as
           he
           thinks
           ,
           the
           nobler
           Creature
           ,
           yet
           by
           this
           Argument
           he
           had
           been
           to
           have
           taken
           extraordinary
           Care
           to
           please
           his
           Wife
           .
           Now
           there
           are
           some
           Divines
           that
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           frame
           of
           this
           lower
           World
           God
           proceeded
           from
           the
           less
           to
           the
           more
           perfect
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           according
           to
           them
           ,
           the
           Woman's
           being
           created
           last
           will
           not
           be
           a
           very
           great
           argument
           to
           debase
           the
           dignity
           of
           the
           Female
           Sex.
           If
           some
           of
           the
           Men
           do
           own
           this
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           more
           likely
           to
           be
           true
           :
           The
           Great
           Milton
           ,
           a
           very
           grave
           Author
           ,
           brings
           in
           Adam
           thus
           speaking
           to
           Eve
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Paradise
             Loft
          
           ,
           lib.
           9.
           
        
         
           
             O
             fairest
             of
             Creation
             !
             last
             and
             best
          
           
             Of
             all
             God's
             Works
             —
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           granted
           the
           Woman
           was
           created
           for
           the
           Man
           ,
           but
           we
           deny
           that
           this
           is
           any
           pretence
           to
           use
           the
           limited
           Power
           which
           Heaven
           has
           given
           him
           to
           the
           Unhappiness
           and
           Ruin
           of
           a
           Creature
           that
           was
           made
           for
           him
           .
        
         
         
           If
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           tho
           the
           Beasts
           are
           made
           for
           Man
           ,
           yet
           a
           good
           Man
           is
           merciful
           to
           his
           Beast
           ;
           much
           more
           regard
           is
           there
           to
           be
           had
           of
           a
           nobler
           Creature
           ,
           which
           tho
           inferior
           in
           Brutal
           Strength
           of
           Body
           ,
           yet
           in
           Strength
           and
           Beauty
           of
           Reason
           (
           when
           cultivated
           )
           equals
           the
           superior
           Sex.
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           a
           Woman
           that
           abridges
           her
           Husband
           of
           his
           reasonable
           Authority
           ,
           and
           has
           Impudence
           enough
           to
           put
           on
           the
           Breeches
           ,
           does
           certainly
           pervert
           the
           end
           of
           her
           Creation
           ;
           and
           such
           ,
           without
           any
           Defence
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           Mercy
           of
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           the
           Discipline
           their
           Husbands
           think
           fit
           to
           exercise
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Tho
           Women
           are
           for
           the
           Comfort
           and
           Benefit
           of
           Men
           ,
           yet
           that
           's
           no
           reason
           why
           they
           should
           be
           their
           most
           obedient
           Slaves
           and
           Vassals
           .
           I
           suppose
           the
           Author
           will
           grant
           that
           Men
           are
           to
           be
           for
           the
           
             Comfort
             and
             Benefit
          
           of
           Women
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           consequence
           will
           not
           be
           allow'd
           ,
           that
           therefore
           Man
           is
           to
           
             cast
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             that
             way
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             ,
             how
             to
             please
             his
             Wife
             .
          
        
         
           The
           2
           d
           Argument
           he
           brings
           is
           ,
           P.
           12.
           
           
             Because
             by
             the
             Woman's
             occasion
             the
             Man
             was
             ruined
             and
             undone
             .
          
           'T
           is
           true
           both
           Sexes
           have
           reason
           to
           remember
           the
           first
           Apostacy
           from
           God
           with
           all
           imaginable
           regret
           ;
           but
           I
           never
           heard
           or
           read
           that
           there
           was
           a
           particular
           Original
           Sin
           imputed
           to
           the
           Woman
           ,
           
           and
           another
           to
           the
           Man.
           I
           thought
           learned
           Men
           had
           held
           that
           Original
           Guilt
           was
           convey'd
           alike
           to
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           however
           it
           be
           explain'd
           ,
           which
           I
           pretend
           not
           to
           do
           ,
           only
           following
           his
           Argument
           ,
           which
           supposes
           the
           Imputation
           of
           original
           Sin.
           And
           certainly
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           that
           Adam
           was
           guilty
           of
           a
           very
           great
           Crime
           ,
           to
           hearken
           to
           a
           Woman
           more
           than
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           let
           go
           his
           Innocence
           upon
           the
           word
           of
           a
           guilty
           Creature
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           the
           Divines
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Woman
           was
           created
           with
           less
           noble
           Faculties
           of
           Mind
           ,
           weaker
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           duller
           Thoughts
           ,
           no
           wonder
           that
           she
           was
           more
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           Tempter
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           fell
           first
           of
           all
           :
           He
           that
           ,
           according
           to
           them
           ,
           had
           the
           greater
           Strength
           ,
           must
           of
           consequence
           stand
           longer
           .
           But
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           Argument
           driven
           home
           ,
           all
           the
           barbarous
           Actions
           ,
           Wickedness
           and
           Rebellion
           committed
           in
           former
           Ages
           ,
           must
           be
           imputed
           to
           this
           Age
           ;
           and
           they
           must
           suffer
           for
           it
           .
           So
           that
           I
           don't
           argue
           for
           our
           Mother
           Eve
           to
           defend
           her
           Transgression
           ,
           but
           to
           show
           the
           unreasonableness
           of
           the
           Inference
           from
           it
           .
           All
           the
           other
           Sex
           sprang
           from
           her
           as
           well
           as
           we
           ,
           and
           are
           therefore
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           equally
           guilty
           of
           her
           Transgression
           ;
           and
           I
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           see
           any
           one
           strongly
           prove
           ,
           that
           because
           we
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Sex
           ,
           therefore
           
           that
           Sin
           in
           imputed
           to
           us
           more
           than
           the
           Men.
           Besides
           this
           ,
           I
           think
           't
           is
           beyond
           doubt
           ,
           that
           tho
           the
           Woman
           had
           retained
           her
           Innocence
           ,
           yet
           it
           had
           not
           been
           impossible
           for
           the
           Man
           to
           have
           transgressed
           :
           for
           tho
           he
           was
           a
           happy
           Creature
           ;
           yet
           not
           being
           immutable
           ,
           but
           left
           to
           himself
           and
           the
           Power
           he
           had
           given
           him
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           fallen
           singly
           ,
           and
           by
           himself
           .
           All
           this
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           something
           lessens
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Argument
           ;
           and
           it
           has
           not
           so
           sharp
           an
           edg
           as
           our
           Adversary
           would
           threaten
           us
           with
           .
           
           And
           as
           to
           that
           place
           he
           quotes
           out
           of
           Timothy
           ,
           I
           think
           there
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           of
           Womens
           learning
           in
           silence
           and
           subjection
           ,
           and
           not
           usurping
           Authority
           over
           the
           Man.
           This
           they
           'l
           own
           to
           be
           their
           Duty
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           not
           ambitious
           of
           the
           Revenues
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           nor
           envy
           any
           Man
           the
           Glory
           ,
           especially
           of
           such
           Sermons
           as
           this
           I
           am
           now
           considering
           .
           However
           ,
           since
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           so
           far
           to
           repair
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Sex
           ,
           as
           to
           send
           a
           Saviour
           into
           the
           World
           by
           the
           means
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           methinks
           that
           should
           more
           than
           recompense
           for
           the
           consequences
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           since
           we
           are
           told
           that
           the
           Happiness
           we
           are
           advanced
           to
           by
           the
           second
           Adam
           ,
           is
           much
           more
           great
           and
           certain
           than
           that
           which
           the
           first
           possessed
           .
           If
           God
           hath
           so
           far
           pardon'd
           
           the
           fatal
           Transgression
           of
           the
           Woman
           ,
           it
           looks
           a
           little
           too
           bold
           and
           revengeful
           for
           Man
           to
           pretend
           not
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           exact
           so
           many
           unreasonable
           things
           on
           this
           pretence
           .
           Nay
           a
           late
           learned
           Man
           ,
           whom
           I
           suppose
           the
           Author
           honours
           ,
           has
           on
           the
           Verse
           following
           in
           Timothy
           ,
           these
           words
           ,
           viz.
           That
           by
           a
           Woman
           a
           Saviour
           came
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           is
           some
           
             reparation
             of
             the
             Honor
             of
             the
             Sex.
          
           Now
           this
           coming
           from
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           was
           known
           not
           to
           be
           blass'd
           by
           any
           Passion
           for
           Women
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           more
           noted
           and
           singular
           a
           Confession
           .
        
         
           Then
           he
           tells
           us
           that
           God
           impos'd
           this
           Task
           upon
           her
           as
           a
           Punishment
           for
           seducing
           her
           Husband
           .
           (
           Very
           true
           !
           )
           
             And
             thy
             Desire
             shall
             be
             to
             thy
             Husband
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             rule
             over
             thee
             :
          
           Gen.
           3.
           16.
           
           And
           the
           Comment
           on
           this
           is
           very
           admirable
           indeed
           :
           Wherein
           is
           implied
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             not
             only
             Subjection
             to
             him
             in
             obeying
             his
             Commands
             ,
             but
             it
             reacheth
             farther
             to
             the
             bringing
             under
             unto
             him
             the
             very
             Desires
             of
             her
             Heart
             to
             be
             regulated
             by
             him
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             not
             be
             lawful
             for
             her
             to
             will
             or
             desire
             what
             she
             her self
             liked
             ,
             but
             only
             what
             her
             Husband
             should
             approve
             and
             allow
             .
          
           P.
           13.
           
           I
           suppose
           this
           good
           Gentleman
           believes
           that
           these
           words
           contain
           part
           of
           the
           Curse
           for
           the
           Primitive
           Trespass
           ;
           and
           by
           consequence
           he
           thinks
           it
           the
           Duty
           of
           a
           Man
           to
           execute
           the
           Curse
           of
           God
           upon
           his
           Wife
           .
           But
           let
           us
           
           try
           the
           Consequence
           which
           he
           makes
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           the
           Thred
           of
           the
           Argument
           is
           not
           stretch'd
           very
           far
           .
           Suppose
           that
           be
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           that
           our
           Sex
           shall
           have
           an
           universal
           desire
           to
           theirs
           (
           tho
           I
           believe
           if
           they
           were
           all
           such
           obliging
           Sparks
           as
           the
           Author
           ,
           't
           would
           cure
           them
           of
           their
           Passion
           quickly
           )
           yet
           it
           no
           way
           follows
           (
           with
           submission
           to
           the
           ruling
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Men
           )
           that
           therefore
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           lawful
           for
           her
           to
           will
           or
           desire
           any
           thing
           but
           what
           her
           Husband
           approves
           of
           ;
           I
           think
           in
           some
           cases
           't
           is
           an
           Impossibility
           .
           Let
           it
           be
           granted
           that
           't
           is
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           being
           the
           weaker
           Vessel
           ,
           to
           submit
           and
           learn
           as
           well
           as
           she
           can
           the
           hard
           Lesson
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ;
           yet
           I
           defy
           the
           meekest
           Woman
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           she
           meets
           with
           an
           unreasonable
           ,
           imperious
           ,
           domineering
           ,
           insolent
           Creature
           ,
           I
           defy
           such
           a
           Lady
           with
           all
           her
           Virtue
           and
           Patience
           to
           forbear
           wishing
           at
           least
           it
           were
           otherwise
           :
           No
           ,
           she
           must
           not
           ,
           our
           Author
           tells
           us
           ,
           never
           groan
           ,
           never
           sigh
           for
           a
           happy
           deliverance
           from
           her
           hated
           Chains
           .
           To
           use
           the
           same
           Phrase
           ,
           suppose
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           my
           Desire
           is
           towards
           my
           Friend
           ,
           does
           it
           therefore
           follow
           that
           I
           must
           necessarily
           wish
           nothing
           whatever
           till
           I
           know
           't
           is
           agreeable
           to
           her
           Humors
           ?
           But
           by
           virtue
           of
           his
           Office
           ,
           this
           Gentleman
           I
           see
           can
           interpret
           
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             that
             way
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             .
          
        
         
         
           'T
           is
           to
           be
           consider'd
           upon
           this
           Head
           ,
           that
           whatever
           was
           pronounc'd
           in
           general
           then
           ,
           can't
           be
           applied
           to
           every
           individual
           now
           .
           For
           instance
           (
           with
           modesty
           be
           it
           spoken
           )
           the
           Curse
           of
           Child-birth
           ,
           which
           God
           may
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           denounc'd
           on
           the
           whole
           Sex
           ,
           we
           are
           told
           some
           entire
           Nations
           have
           escap'd
           ,
           as
           the
           Great
           Montaign
           tells
           us
           in
           his
           Essays
           (
           I
           think
           )
           Liv.
           1.
           ch
           .
           14.
           
           And
           with
           like
           force
           of
           Reason
           might
           it
           be
           concluded
           ,
           that
           because
           God
           hath
           cursed
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           said
           it
           shall
           bring
           forth
           
             Briars
             and
             Thorns
          
           ,
           therefore
           it
           is
           utterly
           unlawful
           to
           root
           them
           out
           ,
           and
           sinful
           to
           possess
           any
           Ground
           but
           what
           is
           overgrown
           with
           them
           .
           The
           Country
           People
           would
           quickly
           discern
           the
           force
           of
           such
           Reasoning
           in
           spite
           of
           all
           their
           Duties
           .
           So
           that
           tho
           we
           grant
           this
           to
           be
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           yet
           it
           does
           not
           follow
           that
           the
           very
           Desires
           ,
           and
           every
           Desire
           of
           the
           Heart
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           must
           be
           according
           to
           the
           will
           and
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Man
           
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             that
             way
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             .
          
           But
           if
           I
           should
           meet
           this
           Gentleman
           out
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           with
           his
           Hands
           tied
           behind
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Cane
           secur'd
           (
           that
           he
           might
           not
           use
           that
           method
           of
           Conviction
           which
           he
           thinks
           proper
           for
           a
           Woman
           )
           I
           would
           humbly
           presume
           to
           tell
           him
           there
           is
           a
           far
           other
           meaning
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           a
           late
           Fancy
           ,
           but
           a
           very
           antient
           Translation
           .
        
         
         
           The
           LXX
           (
           and
           they
           were
           all
           of
           his
           own
           Sex
           )
           take
           it
           thus
           ,
           and
           thy
           
             Refuge
             or
             Recourse
             [
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ]
             shall
             be
             to
             thy
             Husband
          
           ;
           he
           shall
           be
           thy
           Refuge
           in
           Dangers
           .
           This
           old
           Egyptian
           Translation
           no
           question
           he
           knew
           well
           enough
           ;
           and
           I
           suppose
           some
           will
           make
           bold
           to
           think
           it
           more
           easy
           and
           natural
           than
           the
           forc'd
           Construction
           ,
           and
           unconscionable
           meaning
           he
           puts
           upon
           the
           words
           .
           Methinks
           it
           should
           suffice
           that
           the
           Women
           don't
           contradict
           their
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           ,
           that
           they
           tamely
           submit
           ,
           and
           bear
           with
           Patience
           what
           is
           impos'd
           on
           them
           :
           No
           ,
           unless
           they
           are
           enamour'd
           of
           their
           Miseries
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Desires
           of
           their
           Hearts
           brought
           under
           ,
           and
           in
           subjection
           ,
           they
           are
           threaten'd
           in
           our
           Author's
           Preface
           with
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           Damnation
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Tyranny
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           that
           extends
           farther
           than
           the
           most
           absolute
           Monarchs
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           can
           but
           fill
           their
           Gallies
           with
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           chain
           them
           fast
           to
           the
           Oar
           ,
           they
           seldom
           have
           so
           large
           a
           Conscience
           to
           expect
           they
           should
           take
           any
           great
           pleasure
           in
           their
           present
           Condition
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           very
           
             Desires
             of
             their
             Hearts
          
           should
           strike
           an
           Harmony
           with
           the
           clattering
           Music
           of
           their
           Fetters
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           he
           said
           very
           true
           when
           he
           told
           us
           that
           Women
           were
           of
           
             weak
             Abilities
             to
             learn
          
           ,
           as
           they
           must
           needs
           have
           so
           hard
           and
           impossible
           a
           Task
           .
        
         
         
           After
           all
           this
           he
           acknowledges
           in
           plain
           words
           ,
           that
           
             since
             the
             Fall
             ,
             Man
             is
             grown
             more
             humorsom
             and
             hard
             to
             be
             pleas'd
             ,
          
           which
           (
           tho
           he
           feelingly
           knows
           it
           )
           he
           would
           never
           have
           own'd
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           design'd
           to
           make
           even
           that
           an
           Argument
           against
           us
           :
           for
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             't
             is
             not
             the
             Woman's
             pleading
             that
             her
             Husband
             is
             hard
             to
             be
             pleased
             that
             will
             excuse
             her
          
           ;
           no
           ,
           tho
           it
           be
           impossible
           for
           an
           incarnate
           Angel
           to
           bring
           him
           into
           a
           good
           .
           Humor
           ,
           and
           cure
           him
           of
           his
           Frowardness
           .
           And
           if
           the
           impossibility
           of
           a
           thing
           be
           not
           an
           excuse
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           is
           ;
           yet
           I
           suppose
           there
           are
           some
           Instances
           to
           be
           given
           of
           such
           Tempers
           .
           This
           may
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           be
           a
           
             Memento
             to
             her
             of
             her
             original
             Guilt
          
           ;
           and
           why
           may
           not
           the
           Humors
           ,
           and
           unsufferable
           Passions
           of
           some
           Men
           be
           a
           Memento
           to
           them
           of
           theirs
           too
           ?
           But
           however
           he
           is
           resolv'd
           to
           advance
           an
           unheard-of
           Notion
           ,
           That
           the
           ill
           Humors
           of
           some
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           difficulty
           of
           pleasing
           them
           ,
           is
           a
           Motive
           to
           the
           Women
           to
           endeavour
           to
           please
           them
           ;
           a
           very
           strong
           Motive
           no
           doubt
           !
           and
           't
           is
           very
           strange
           he
           recommends
           it
           to
           the
           World
           unless
           he
           has
           found
           it
           a
           mighty
           Obligation
           to
           Obedience
           in
           his
           own
           virtuous
           Consort
           .
           This
           is
           a
           very
           fine
           touch
           indeed
           :
           If
           Moroseness
           and
           Ill-humor
           be
           a
           very
           good
           and
           great
           Motive
           to
           Obedience
           ,
           then
           the
           higher
           degree
           of
           it
           the
           greater
           Motive
           ;
           and
           so
           
           the
           more
           barbarous
           and
           cruel
           any
           Husband
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           a
           Woman
           ought
           to
           respect
           ,
           and
           love
           ,
           and
           rejoice
           in
           him
           .
           Precious
           Doctrine
           no
           doubt
           !
           and
           easily
           believ'd
           by
           every
           one
           who
           has
           once
           cast
           off
           those
           foolish
           things
           call'd
           Liberty
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           common
           Sense
           .
           What
           he
           says
           of
           the
           happy
           Temper
           and
           charming
           Soveraignty
           of
           Adam
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           humor
           the
           first
           and
           best
           Husband
           was
           always
           in
           ,
           seems
           only
           mention'd
           with
           a
           spiteful
           design
           to
           grate
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           tender
           Sex
           ,
           and
           vex
           them
           with
           the
           comparison
           between
           what
           Man
           is
           now
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           was
           then
           :
           for
           immediately
           he
           repeats
           it
           over
           again
           ,
           
             Man's
             Temper
             now
             is
             harsh
             and
             severe
             ,
             and
             his
             Humors
             troublesom
             and
             tedious
             .
          
           He
           seems
           here
           to
           speak
           in
           general
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           either
           thought
           all
           Men
           furnish'd
           with
           those
           excellent
           Talents
           of
           Severity
           ,
           and
           troublesom
           Humors
           (
           which
           if
           he
           has
           attain'd
           ,
           I
           wish
           him
           much
           comfort
           in
           them
           )
           or
           else
           endeavour'd
           to
           infuse
           such
           into
           them
           .
           It
           looks
           a
           little
           uncharitable
           to
           his
           own
           Sex
           ,
           among
           whom
           yet
           I
           hope
           he
           cannot
           find
           so
           many
           as
           he
           imagins
           whose
           Humors
           are
           so
           very
           troublesom
           and
           tedious
           ,
           for
           there
           are
           some
           great
           and
           generous
           Minds
           that
           scorn
           to
           take
           pleasure
           in
           the
           Miseries
           of
           a
           poor
           feeble
           Woman
           :
           tho
           he
           is
           of
           another
           mind
           ,
           and
           thinks
           that
           the
           necessity
           of
           using
           a
           
             great
             deal
             of
             Art
             and
             Skill
             ,
             
             Diligence
             and
             Industry
             ,
             and
             various
             Methods
             in
             order
             to
             please
             a
             Husband
             ,
             is
             a
             Truth
             experienced
             by
             most
             Women
             .
          
           P.
           17.
           
           And
           then
           he
           falls
           a
           raking
           afresh
           in
           the
           sacred
           Ashes
           of
           his
           Mother
           Eve
           (
           whom
           we
           hope
           God
           has
           pardon'd
           ,
           and
           so
           should
           he
           too
           )
           and
           tells
           us
           we
           
             may
             thank
             her
             for
             it
          
           ;
           and
           that
           now
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           her
           Daughters
           will
           have
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           have
           them
           good
           ,
           they
           must
           take
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           care
           and
           pains
           to
           make
           them
           so
           .
           But
           if
           I
           can
           persuade
           those
           poor
           tame
           Souls
           he
           talks
           of
           ,
           such
           sort
           of
           Men
           shall
           enjoy
           their
           Humours
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Care
           and
           Pains
           he
           talks
           of
           shall
           be
           saved
           ,
           and
           bestowed
           on
           something
           that
           better
           deserves
           it
           :
           for
           after
           their
           Care
           and
           Pains
           ,
           they
           'l
           be
           nobly
           rewarded
           no
           doubt
           ,
           and
           such
           Husbands
           will
           still
           say
           that
           all
           their
           Humors
           and
           Moroseness
           are
           little
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           poor
           Slave
           
             perfect
             in
             her
             Lesson
          
           .
        
         
           The
           3
           d
           Reason
           he
           gives
           is
           ,
           
             Because
             upon
             the
             doing
             or
             neglecting
             of
             this
             ,
             the
             Happiness
             or
             Misery
             of
             a
             married
             Life
             does
             depend
             :
          
           and
           what
           then
           ?
           Because
           such
           a
           state
           of
           Life
           cannot
           be
           very
           happy
           ,
           unless
           both
           endeavour
           to
           make
           it
           so
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Woman
           must
           be
           a
           Slave
           ,
           therefore
           her
           Desires
           must
           be
           brought
           under
           ,
           that
           she
           must
           not
           wish
           for
           better
           usage
           ;
           for
           that
           's
           his
           meaning
           ,
           P.
           13.
           and
           in
           that
           latitude
           I
           understand
           him
           all
           along
           ,
           when
           he
           speaks
           of
           the
           Woman's
           
           Duty
           to
           her
           Husband
           .
           And
           here
           for
           once
           (
           that
           he
           might
           not
           be
           guilty
           himself
           of
           any
           Complement
           to
           our
           Sex
           )
           he
           makes
           a
           Quotation
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           brings
           it
           out
           with
           a
           
             [
             says
             one
          
           ]
           which
           will
           do
           as
           well
           ,
           and
           tells
           us
           that
           the
           Women
           are
           indeed
           very
           bright
           and
           shining
           Creatures
           :
           
             A
             good
             Wife
             should
             be
             like
             a
             Mirror
          
           (
           a
           wonderful
           Discovery
           ,
           that
           a
           Woman
           should
           be
           so
           exactly
           like
           a
           Looking-glass
           !
           )
           But
           mark
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           in
           the
           following
           words
           ;
           
             Which
             has
             no
             Image
             of
             its
             own
             ,
             but
             receives
             its
             Stamp
             and
             Image
             from
             the
             Face
             that
             looks
             into
             it
             .
          
           Now
           by
           this
           rule
           ,
           whenever
           't
           is
           a
           frowning
           ,
           peevish
           ,
           fretful
           ,
           stormy
           Face
           ,
           that
           looks
           into
           this
           Glass
           ,
           the
           Mirrour
           must
           send
           back
           the
           very
           same
           agen
           ,
           or
           else
           't
           will
           be
           a
           false
           Glass
           .
           She
           must
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             rejoice
             when
             he
             rejoices
          
           (
           ay
           most
           certainly
           ,
           tho
           it
           be
           in
           abusing
           her
           ,
           and
           doing
           all
           he
           can
           to
           make
           her
           Life
           a
           Torment
           to
           her
           ,
           tho
           it
           be
           in
           caressing
           her
           Rival
           before
           her
           Face
           )
           
             and
             grieve
             and
             be
             troubled
             when
             he
             is
             offended
             and
             vexed
             .
          
           No
           doubt
           on
           't
           ,
           he
           is
           here
           in
           the
           right
           ;
           the
           most
           patient
           Woman
           in
           the
           World
           would
           grieve
           ,
           and
           be
           troubled
           ,
           when
           some
           Men
           are
           offended
           and
           vexed
           :
           So
           that
           't
           is
           plain
           he
           would
           never
           have
           passed
           this
           Complement
           of
           a
           Looking-glass
           on
           us
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           intended
           it
           as
           an
           Argument
           for
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           Illustration
           of
           our
           Misery
           .
           But
           now
           
           he
           begins
           to
           recollect
           some
           of
           his
           former
           Courtship
           and
           Gallantry
           ,
           and
           tells
           us
           a
           very
           fair
           Story
           indeed
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           will
           follow
           his
           advice
           ,
           we
           should
           obtain
           
             e'en
             what
             we
             will
             of
             our
             Husbands
             ;
             and
             that
             such
             Wives
             would
             be
             sooner
             tired
             in
             making
             their
             Requests
             than
             their
             Husbands
             in
             granting
             .
          
           (
           Dear
           ,
           Tender
           ,
           Charming
           Sir
           !
           )
           But
           here
           I
           shrewdly
           suspect
           ,
           to
           solve
           this
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           remembred
           ,
           that
           the
           Women
           he
           means
           that
           endeavour
           ,
           in
           his
           extraordinary
           sense
           ,
           to
           please
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           will
           not
           dare
           to
           make
           any
           request
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           they
           know
           before-hand
           are
           according
           to
           their
           Husbands
           minds
           ;
           no
           ,
           their
           very
           Desires
           must
           be
           in
           subjection
           ,
           and
           so
           there
           is
           no
           great
           danger
           of
           their
           Husbands
           tyring
           with
           granting
           their
           Requests
           ,
           when
           according
           to
           him
           the
           Women
           must
           not
           desire
           to
           form
           one
           Petition
           to
           their
           Husbands
           .
           By
           this
           Interpretation
           that
           he
           has
           helpt
           me
           to
           ,
           we
           may
           easily
           judg
           of
           his
           meaning
           in
           all
           those
           kind
           Expressions
           which
           he
           hath
           upon
           this
           occasion
           .
           The
           rest
           of
           this
           Head
           he
           spends
           in
           the
           description
           of
           a
           compleat
           Billingsgate
           ,
           and
           here
           he
           fights
           with
           the
           Wind
           ;
           for
           every
           one
           ,
           of
           any
           sober
           Reason
           or
           handsom
           Education
           ,
           will
           scorn
           to
           spend
           such
           Language
           on
           a
           good
           Husband
           ,
           and
           on
           a
           bad
           one
           't
           is
           to
           no
           purpose
           :
           and
           if
           this
           Gentleman
           has
           lived
           where
           there
           are
           so
           many
           Examples
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           let
           him
           petition
           the
           Government
           for
           an
           augmentation
           of
           Duckingstools
           ,
           and
           let
           him
           solace
           himself
           ,
           and
           quench
           
           his
           Rage
           with
           seeing
           the
           watry
           Punishment
           executed
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           know
           none
           will
           rescue
           the
           Offenders
           out
           of
           his
           hands
           .
        
         
           I
           heartily
           pity
           the
           poor
           Gentleman
           he
           mentions
           ,
           p.
           22.
           who
           had
           so
           very
           tender
           a
           Heart
           ,
           that
           the
           Breath
           of
           a
           Woman
           shatter'd
           it
           in
           pieces
           ;
           and
           indeed
           he
           has
           done
           very
           well
           to
           leave
           his
           Memory
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           since
           in
           this
           Iron
           Age
           there
           are
           few
           examples
           of
           so
           tender
           Spirits
           as
           to
           be
           capable
           of
           such
           dreadful
           execution
           from
           the
           Tongue
           of
           a
           Woman
           .
           He
           would
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           that
           most
           of
           our
           Sex
           are
           very
           
             Mother
             Damnables
          
           ,
           and
           always
           ringing
           the
           Bells
           backwards
           in
           their
           Husbands
           ears
           ,
           P.
           6.
           
           But
           the
           Gentleman
           he
           mentions
           was
           doubtless
           a
           man
           of
           a
           very
           tender
           and
           delicate
           Composition
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           not
           now
           a-days
           to
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           He
           gives
           a
           very
           pleasant
           reason
           why
           an
           undutiful
           Wife
           is
           so
           very
           terrible
           a
           thing
           ,
           p.
           23.
           
           Because
           
             all
             Evils
             ,
             as
             Elements
             ,
             are
             most
             troublesom
             out
             of
             their
             proper
             places
             ,
             as
             Profaneness
             in
             Ministers
             ,
             Injustice
             in
             Judges
             ,
             and
             Discomfort
             in
             a
             Wife
             .
          
           Now
           this
           way
           of
           talking
           seems
           to
           imply
           ,
           that
           Profaneness
           and
           Injustice
           in
           some
           persons
           look
           very
           well
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           their
           
             proper
             places
          
           ;
           by
           which
           what
           he
           intends
           is
           beyond
           my
           weak
           Ability
           to
           learn.
           If
           his
           meaning
           be
           good
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           his
           utterance
           and
           expression
           are
           not
           very
           proper
           here
           ;
           but
           however
           ,
           't
           was
           done
           with
           an
           upright
           Intention
           ,
           and
           a
           Design
           to
           bring
           down
           the
           Desires
           of
           all
           Womens
           
           hearts
           into
           subjection
           to
           the
           
             high
             and
             mighty
             Sex.
          
           
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Proverb
           of
           Solomon
           he
           quotes
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           his
           Comment
           upon
           it
           ;
           but
           really
           I
           can
           see
           no
           great
           Piety
           nor
           Ingenuity
           in
           that
           Sentence
           he
           has
           from
           his
           Pious
           and
           
             Ingenious
             Author
             ,
             That
             't
             is
             a
             hundred
             pities
             the
             Tongues
             of
             such
             Shrows
             had
             not
             as
             many
             Blisters
             as
             their
             Jaws
             have
             Teeth
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             never
             better
             with
             their
             Husbands
             than
             when
             they
             are
             hoarse
             .
          
           If
           this
           be
           not
           Billingsgate
           of
           the
           coarsest
           Alloy
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           is
           ;
           only
           coming
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           't
           is
           sanctified
           ,
           and
           becomes
           a
           very
           Pious
           and
           Ingenious
           Saying
           .
           What
           he
           says
           in
           the
           conclusion
           of
           this
           part
           of
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           a
           clamorous
           and
           turbulent
           Wife
           ,
           that
           spits
           Passion
           and
           Poison
           ,
           is
           a
           Torment
           to
           her self
           and
           her
           Husband
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           undoubted
           Truth
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           justly
           Self-Tormentors
           :
           only
           this
           I
           must
           add
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           there
           needs
           no
           farther
           Torment
           for
           a
           Woman
           ,
           than
           only
           being
           oblig'd
           ,
           on
           pain
           of
           Damnation
           ,
           to
           bring
           under
           her
           very
           Desires
           to
           the
           unaccountable
           Humours
           of
           a
           wild
           and
           giddy
           Fop
           ,
           who
           becomes
           more
           insolent
           by
           Submission
           ,
           and
           grows
           more
           intolerable
           by
           being
           born
           with
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           followed
           this
           courteous
           Gentleman
           thro
           all
           the
           pleasant
           Paths
           he
           hath
           here
           laid
           down
           for
           us
           .
           The
           next
           thing
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           is
           ,
           how
           and
           which
           way
           married
           Women
           should
           endeavour
           to
           please
           their
           Husbands
           ;
           And
           here
           he
           pitches
           on
           three
           very
           Canonical
           
           Heads
           ,
           
             Love
             ,
             honour
             ,
             and
             obey
             :
          
           And
           tells
           us
           a
           very
           learned
           Story
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           heard
           some
           Women
           say
           ,
           They
           never
           would
           nor
           did
           repeat
           the
           sacred
           Words
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           he
           had
           been
           to
           officiate
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           kept
           them
           to
           the
           Text
           ,
           or
           made
           them
           lie
           alone
           all
           their
           Days
           ,
           to
           their
           unspeakable
           Terror
           and
           Afrightment
           .
           This
           is
           a
           fine
           Period
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ;
           but
           being
           set
           off
           with
           a
           vehement
           Accent
           and
           a
           very
           earnest
           Delivery
           ,
           it
           passed
           no
           doubt
           very
           well
           ,
           and
           mightily
           affected
           the
           Auditory
           .
           I
           am
           not
           about
           to
           quarrel
           with
           the
           Compilers
           of
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           only
           I
           shall
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           Men
           who
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           would
           not
           omit
           the
           binding
           our
           Sex
           as
           fast
           as
           possible
           :
           But
           't
           is
           also
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           those
           words
           
             [
             with
             my
             Body
             I
             thee
             worship
             ]
          
           if
           they
           have
           any
           meaning
           in
           them
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           applied
           to
           such
           a
           sort
           of
           Creature
           as
           is
           a
           Slave
           ,
           tho
           our
           Author
           should
           cast
           in
           his
           mind
           
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             that
             way
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             ,
          
           to
           pervert
           the
           sense
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           He
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           every
           married
           Woman
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           please
           her
           Husband
           ,
           ought
           to
           love
           him
           .
           A
           notable
           Discovery
           !
           and
           who
           ever
           doubted
           or
           denied
           it
           ?
           But
           however
           ,
           a
           Man
           must
           be
           a
           person
           of
           extraordinary
           Merit
           ,
           all
           Love
           and
           Kindness
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           good
           Properties
           ,
           to
           bring
           a
           Woman
           to
           that
           extravagant
           height
           of
           Passion
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           contented
           and
           pleas'd
           ,
           tho
           
             all
             the
             World
             besides
             were
             annihilated
             .
          
           
           P.
           28.
           
           And
           he
           seems
           to
           suggest
           some
           odd
           unlucky
           thing
           or
           other
           in
           this
           Matrimony
           ,
           which
           gives
           a
           very
           strong
           Temptation
           to
           the
           poor
           Ladies
           to
           be
           discontented
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           they
           come
           under
           the
           Yoke
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           he
           says
           ,
           by
           all
           means
           a
           Woman
           ,
           
             newly
             married
             especially
          
           ,
           is
           to
           avoid
           all
           occasion
           of
           Difference
           with
           her
           Husband
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           purpose
           makes
           a
           very
           grave
           and
           learned
           Citation
           out
           of
           Plutarch
           ,
           for
           the
           edification
           of
           the
           Auditory
           ,
           concerning
           his
           acquaintance
           with
           the
           antient
           Fathers
           ;
           for
           so
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           he
           supposes
           ,
           that
           at
           least
           we
           poor
           ignorant
           Souls
           do
           think
           and
           know
           no
           better
           .
           Now
           by
           his
           pressing
           so
           obvious
           and
           uncontested
           a
           Matter
           with
           such
           vehemence
           ,
           it
           looks
           as
           if
           he
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           represent
           us
           as
           a
           Generation
           of
           Vipers
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           any
           charitable
           Man
           is
           so
           kind
           as
           to
           lodg
           us
           poor
           willing
           Creatures
           in
           his
           Bosom
           ,
           immediatly
           sting
           him
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           Then
           he
           breaks
           out
           into
           the
           most
           scurrilous
           and
           ungenteel
           Language
           imaginable
           
             (
             P.
          
           30
           ,
           &
           31.
           )
           and
           tells
           the
           World
           that
           young
           Women
           before
           Marriage
           do
           all
           they
           can
           to
           engage
           the
           Affections
           of
           a
           Husband
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           their
           Looks
           ,
           Dress
           ,
           and
           Behavior
           ,
           you
           may
           read
           
             Come
             love
             me
          
           .
           Very
           coming
           and
           easy
           Creatures
           !
           Certainly
           if
           they
           were
           so
           very
           willing
           ,
           abundance
           of
           little
           arts
           which
           the
           Men
           use
           ,
           might
           very
           well
           be
           spared
           .
           'T
           is
           very
           easy
           for
           any
           Knight-Errant
           to
           fancy
           himself
           happy
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           great
           Lady
           loves
           
           him
           most
           desperately
           ,
           if
           she
           is
           but
           civil
           in
           her
           behavior
           ,
           cleanly
           in
           her
           dress
           ,
           and
           has
           an
           air
           of
           Candor
           ;
           especially
           if
           she
           happens
           to
           smile
           ,
           tho
           it
           be
           at
           his
           Follies
           .
           And
           according
           to
           this
           rule
           ,
           the
           Author
           should
           have
           made
           a
           more
           civil
           return
           to
           the
           Sex
           ;
           for
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           has
           read
           
             Come
             love
             me
          
           ,
           many
           a
           time
           ,
           if
           this
           does
           express
           it
           .
           But
           is
           it
           not
           the
           Vanity
           of
           the
           Men
           that
           makes
           the
           Women
           (
           if
           any
           of
           them
           are
           so
           vain
           )
           to
           use
           those
           petty
           Arts
           he
           here
           sets
           down
           ?
           I
           hope
           this
           Gentleman
           does
           not
           speak
           by
           experience
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           they
           are
           married
           ,
           their
           pleasant
           Looks
           are
           turned
           into
           Frowns
           ,
           and
           the
           Neatness
           of
           their
           Dress
           into
           Sluttery
           ,
           &c.
           
           Notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           Ladies
           not
           so
           very
           easy
           of
           access
           ,
           but
           hold
           out
           desperatly
           against
           all
           the
           arts
           of
           the
           undermining
           Sex
           ,
           and
           the
           puling
           Lovers
           cannot
           spell
           
             Come
             love
             me
          
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           given
           some
           very
           remarkable
           proofs
           of
           their
           Integrity
           ;
           which
           ,
           if
           they
           prove
           afterwards
           to
           be
           but
           Shams
           ,
           are
           no
           very
           contemptible
           Temptations
           to
           the
           new-married
           Woman
           to
           blot
           out
           the
           Impressions
           of
           undeserved
           Love
           ,
           which
           Hypocrisy
           only
           had
           made
           in
           her
           Heart
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           my
           Observation
           (
           for
           let
           me
           bring
           that
           as
           an
           Argument
           as
           well
           as
           he
           does
           his
           )
           I
           have
           found
           very
           few
           ,
           if
           any
           Women
           ,
           who
           have
           had
           obliging
           and
           respectful
           Husbands
           (
           for
           that
           's
           his
           own
           Phrase
           P.
           20.
           )
           that
           have
           begun
           first
           to
           withdraw
           their
           Affections
           ,
           as
           some
           have
           
           done
           ,
           no
           question
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           undiscoverable
           Arts
           of
           designing
           Men
           have
           been
           betray'd
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           slighted
           to
           the
           utmost
           degree
           .
           But
           it
           becomes
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           themselves
           ,
           to
           talk
           at
           this
           huffing
           rate
           ,
           and
           silence
           all
           Complaints
           by
           the
           impudent
           Accusations
           they
           bring
           against
           those
           they
           injure
           .
           Thus
           he
           talks
           and
           raves
           ,
           like
           one
           that
           has
           forgotten
           common
           Civility
           ,
           and
           the
           generous
           Education
           of
           the
           Men
           of
           his
           Coat
           ,
           and
           concludes
           this
           Head
           with
           a
           very
           
             wooden
             Simile
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Instruction
           and
           Edification
           of
           all
           well-meaning
           Carpenters
           and
           Joyners
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             when
             two
             Boards
             are
             first
             glued
             together
             ,
             a
             small
             matter
             will
             loosen
             them
          
           (
           especially
           such
           a
           confounded
           Jog
           as
           the
           Author
           gives
           us
           )
           
             but
             if
             carefully
             lookt
             to
             till
             they
             are
             well
             fastened
             ,
             and
             the
             Glue
             be
             hardened
             ,
             't
             will
             not
             be
             an
             easy
             matter
             to
             disjoint
             or
             sever
             them
             .
          
           A
           most
           instructing
           Similitude
           !
           and
           the
           truth
           of
           which
           hath
           been
           confirm'd
           by
           very
           many
           Witnesses
           of
           good
           credit
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           attest
           .
           Either
           the
           Auditory
           he
           preached
           this
           to
           were
           persons
           of
           very
           wooden
           Understandings
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           were
           in
           danger
           of
           apprehending
           the
           Comparison
           to
           be
           very
           much
           akin
           to
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           Then
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           Married
           Women
           are
           to
           please
           their
           Husbands
           
             by
             honouring
             them
          
           (
           by
           all
           means
           ,
           Honour
           to
           whom
           Honour
           is
           due
           .
           )
           But
           I
           think
           he
           goes
           a
           little
           too
           far
           when
           he
           makes
           it
           a
           Woman's
           duty
           to
           lie
           like
           a
           Spaniel
           at
           her
           Husband's
           feet
           ,
           and
           suffer
           her self
           very
           
           civilly
           to
           be
           trampled
           on
           .
           This
           he
           intimates
           by
           the
           authentic
           story
           of
           the
           Persian
           Ladies
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           similitude
           of
           a
           Foot
           worn
           on
           the
           top
           of
           their
           Coronets
           ,
           P.
           34.
           and
           by
           the
           bold
           and
           insolent
           Comment
           he
           makes
           on
           it
           .
           Now
           this
           you
           know
           is
           a
           most
           clear
           and
           oriental
           Argument
           ,
           and
           proves
           just
           as
           much
           as
           the
           strongest
           Hieroglyphics
           of
           Egypt
           .
           Is
           it
           impos'd
           on
           them
           ,
           or
           do
           they
           wear
           it
           willingly
           ?
           If
           the
           former
           ,
           where
           's
           the
           Virtue
           ?
           If
           the
           latter
           ,
           I
           can
           hardly
           think
           it
           proves
           what
           he
           would
           persuade
           us
           ,
           unless
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           Persia
           are
           very
           obliging
           indeed
           .
           Here
           again
           we
           see
           very
           clearly
           what
           this
           Gentleman
           would
           be
           at
           :
           A
           Woman
           ,
           when
           once
           she
           is
           enter'd
           within
           the
           Grates
           ,
           and
           the
           Parson
           has
           turn'd
           the
           Key
           upon
           her
           ,
           is
           no
           longer
           to
           look
           on
           her self
           as
           a
           Companion
           ,
           but
           the
           highest
           place
           she
           can
           expect
           is
           to
           be
           trodden
           under
           foot
           .
           This
           is
           the
           height
           of
           Glory
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           Advancement
           our
           Sex
           is
           to
           meet
           with
           ,
           if
           all
           Men
           were
           of
           such
           wonderful
           Temper
           ,
           and
           noble
           Principles
           ,
           as
           this
           our
           trusty
           and
           well-beloved
           Friend
           is
           .
           And
           under
           this
           Head
           he
           confesses
           something
           (
           in
           my
           opinion
           )
           not
           much
           to
           his
           design
           ;
           for
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           the
           Woman
           the
           
             Glory
             of
             the
             Man
          
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           an
           high
           Honour
           to
           him
           that
           so
           
             excellent
             a
             Creature
             as
             a
             Woman
          
           should
           be
           his
           Inferior
           .
           But
           if
           a
           Woman
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           honest
           Confession
           ,
           be
           so
           excellent
           a
           Creature
           ,
           then
           hence
           I
           think
           it
           may
           very
           fairly
           be
           infer'd
           ,
           that
           some
           acknowledgment
           
           is
           due
           to
           a
           Woman
           when
           she
           condescends
           to
           make
           her self
           inferior
           to
           any
           of
           them
           .
           And
           can
           it
           be
           the
           Glory
           of
           a
           Man
           to
           trample
           upon
           ,
           and
           enslave
           ,
           and
           render
           the
           Life
           of
           such
           an
           excellent
           Creature
           as
           miserable
           as
           he
           can
           ?
           And
           here
           he
           insinuates
           that
           we
           take
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           freedom
           in
           our
           Thoughts
           .
           Certainly
           if
           we
           had
           not
           freedom
           there
           ,
           we
           were
           very
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           even
           that
           he
           would
           abridg
           us
           of
           (
           not
           that
           I
           think
           a
           Woman
           may
           harbor
           any
           wicked
           thoughts
           of
           her
           Lord
           and
           Master
           :
           )
           But
           't
           is
           very
           hard
           ,
           and
           a
           strange
           Doctrine
           indeed
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           not
           be
           allow'd
           to
           have
           contemptible
           thoughts
           ,
           no
           not
           of
           Persons
           and
           Things
           that
           are
           in
           themselves
           contemptible
           to
           the
           last
           degree
           .
           The
           Instance
           of
           Michal
           is
           quite
           another
           case
           ,
           for
           there
           was
           the
           business
           of
           Religion
           in
           it
           ,
           she
           despised
           David
           't
           is
           like
           for
           putting
           on
           the
           Linen
           Ephod
           ,
           and
           submitting
           to
           meddle
           with
           sacred
           things
           as
           he
           did
           .
           However
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           the
           Husbands
           are
           such
           brave
           and
           generous
           Men
           ,
           of
           such
           obliging
           Principles
           ,
           and
           such
           mighty
           Charms
           as
           David
           had
           ,
           I
           think
           their
           Wives
           will
           find
           it
           a
           very
           difficult
           matter
           so
           much
           as
           to
           despise
           them
           in
           their
           Hearts
           .
           Reverence
           and
           Love
           are
           not
           things
           infus'd
           into
           our
           Breasts
           by
           hard
           Words
           ,
           high
           Menaces
           ,
           and
           huffing
           Language
           ;
           that
           dear
           and
           tender
           Esteem
           is
           won
           by
           the
           Charms
           of
           an
           agreeable
           Temper
           ,
           the
           Instances
           of
           a
           noble
           Generosity
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           powerful
           things
           which
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           resist
           ,
           
           and
           which
           will
           always
           secure
           Honor
           and
           Reverence
           from
           very
           Strangers
           ,
           much
           more
           in
           those
           who
           have
           the
           happiness
           of
           so
           intimate
           a
           Relation
           .
        
         
           Then
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           besides
           this
           internal
           there
           must
           be
           an
           external
           Honor
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Woman
           must
           use
           those
           
             Titles
             which
             may
             express
             the
             Dignity
             and
             Excellency
             of
             her
             Husband's
             Person
             .
          
           But
           suppose
           a
           poor
           Lady
           should
           meet
           with
           a
           Spark
           that
           is
           not
           at
           all
           
             dignified
             or
             distinguish'd
          
           from
           the
           common
           herd
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           hath
           no
           Virtue
           ,
           no
           Excellency
           to
           be
           commended
           for
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           a
           base
           ,
           ungenerous
           and
           sordid
           Spirit
           ;
           yes
           ,
           she
           must
           give
           him
           those
           Titles
           which
           may
           bespeak
           the
           Dignity
           and
           Excellence
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           she
           must
           banter
           him
           to
           his
           face
           ,
           and
           provoke
           every
           one
           to
           reflect
           upon
           his
           real
           faults
           by
           attempting
           to
           cover
           them
           with
           the
           vain
           Names
           of
           imaginary
           Dignity
           .
           He
           brings
           the
           Example
           of
           Sarah
           calling
           Abraham
           Lord.
           But
           it
           must
           be
           consider'd
           that
           Abraham
           was
           indeed
           a
           great
           Man
           ,
           and
           rich
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           would
           look
           a
           little
           odd
           for
           a
           Man
           of
           low
           degree
           to
           be
           greeted
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             Your
             Lordship
             's
             most
             obedient
             Servant
             ,
          
           &c.
           by
           his
           Lady
           in
           a
           blew
           Apron
           ,
           or
           a
           high-crown'd
           Hat.
           And
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           he
           has
           lost
           a
           most
           admirable
           Argument
           (
           which
           runs
           thus
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           way
           of
           arguing
           by
           the
           Persian
           Shoo
           )
           in
           England
           the
           Women
           many
           of
           them
           (
           in
           that
           part
           however
           where
           he
           is
           )
           wear
           the
           similitude
           of
           a
           Steeple
           on
           their
           
           Heads
           ,
           implying
           by
           the
           like
           Consequence
           ,
           that
           Churchmen
           are
           peculiarly
           privileged
           to
           lord
           it
           over
           their
           Wives
           .
           This
           would
           have
           been
           a
           home
           thrust
           ,
           and
           most
           pertinent
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           hand
           ,
           for
           't
           would
           have
           invested
           his
           Brother
           Dear
           (
           whom
           he
           then
           married
           )
           with
           full
           Power
           and
           Authority
           to
           trample
           upon
           ,
           and
           lead
           captive
           the
           deluded
           Sister
           .
           But
           to
           return
           from
           this
           Digression
           (
           which
           I
           have
           made
           only
           to
           let
           him
           see
           wherein
           he
           has
           fail'd
           )
           't
           is
           to
           be
           consider'd
           that
           the
           Apostles
           might
           injoyn
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Submission
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Times
           ,
           that
           so
           by
           their
           humble
           Carriage
           they
           might
           charm
           their
           Husbands
           into
           a
           love
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           
             What
             knowest
             thou
             ,
             O
             Wife
             ,
             whether
             thou
             shalt
             save
             thy
             Husband
             ?
          
           says
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           7.
           16.
           
           But
           I
           shall
           never
           believe
           they
           design'd
           such
           a
           Government
           for
           the
           Men
           as
           this
           Gentleman
           and
           his
           Followers
           would
           fain
           erect
           .
        
         
           Then
           he
           bitterly
           inveighs
           against
           one
           of
           the
           most
           innocent
           things
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           at
           Womens
           calling
           their
           Husbands
           by
           their
           
             Christian
             Names
          
           ,
           and
           their
           using
           familiar
           terms
           one
           to
           another
           .
           This
           is
           certainly
           the
           effect
           of
           Tenderness
           and
           Freedom
           ,
           which
           will
           banish
           all
           the
           names
           of
           haughty
           Distance
           and
           servile
           Subjection
           .
           And
           his
           Consequence
           is
           very
           harsh
           ,
           and
           disingenuous
           ,
           that
           therefore
           they
           
             esteem
             them
             but
             as
             their
             Servants
          
           because
           they
           use
           such
           familiar
           Titles
           ;
           and
           complains
           bitterly
           that
           some
           will
           call
           them
           by
           the
           solemn
           
           Names
           of
           
             Fool
             ,
             Sloven
             ,
             Clown
             ,
             Sot
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           I
           hope
           he
           never
           gives
           his
           Lady
           any
           occasion
           to
           bestow
           any
           of
           these
           venerable
           Titles
           upon
           his
           Worship
           .
           But
           what
           if
           so
           strange
           a
           thing
           should
           happen
           that
           a
           Man
           should
           be
           really
           a
           Fool
           ,
           must
           a
           Woman
           call
           him
           Solomon
           ?
           If
           he
           be
           a
           Sloven
           ,
           or
           a
           Clown
           ,
           or
           a
           Sot
           ,
           must
           she
           cry
           him
           up
           for
           a
           spruce
           ,
           genteel
           ,
           sensible
           ,
           and
           temperate
           Man
           ?
           Yes
           !
           she
           must
           give
           him
           those
           Titles
           that
           do
           imply
           the
           
             Dignity
             and
             Excellence
             of
             his
             person
             ,
          
           which
           in
           some
           Men
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Titles
           of
           Clown
           and
           Sot
           do
           fully
           express
           .
           They
           may
           modestly
           remember
           the
           Infirmities
           of
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           usurp
           their
           Authority
           ,
           tho
           they
           forget
           the
           Title
           of
           Lord
           and
           Master
           .
        
         
           Now
           (
           that
           I
           may
           give
           one
           bold
           stroke
           for
           once
           )
           to
           prove
           that
           't
           is
           not
           always
           such
           an
           unpardonable
           Crime
           for
           a
           Woman
           to
           call
           her
           Husband
           by
           an
           ungrateful
           Name
           ,
           on
           some
           just
           ,
           great
           ,
           and
           necessary
           occasion
           ,
           I
           shall
           produce
           him
           an
           Instance
           very
           sutable
           to
           a
           Man
           of
           his
           Profession
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           of
           an
           
             Abigail
             .
             Nabal
          
           was
           a
           foolish
           Churl
           ;
           now
           according
           to
           this
           Mr.
           Crape
           ,
           his
           Wife
           Abigail
           must
           give
           him
           the
           Titles
           sutable
           to
           the
           
             Dignity
             and
             Excellence
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
          
           which
           we
           find
           she
           does
           :
           Her
           words
           to
           David
           are
           ,
           
             Let
             not
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             pray
             thee
             ,
             regard
             this
             Man
             of
          
           Belial
           ,
           even
           Nabal
           :
           
             for
             as
             is
             his
             Name
             ,
             so
             is
             he
          
           ;
           Nabal
           
             is
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             Folly
             is
             with
             him
             :
          
           1
           Sam.
           25.
           25.
           
           Hence
           (
           with
           submission
           )
           I
           infer
           ,
           that
           if
           an
           
           Abigal
           does
           meet
           with
           a
           Nabal
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           Belial
           ,
           a
           Fool
           ,
           a
           Sot
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           in
           all
           cases
           an
           unpardonable
           Sin
           to
           call
           him
           so
           ;
           not
           that
           a
           bad
           Man's
           failings
           are
           to
           be
           insisted
           on
           upon
           every
           occasion
           ,
           tho
           a
           modest
           repetition
           of
           them
           be
           sometimes
           necessary
           ,
           as
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           for
           Self-preservation
           ,
           which
           old-fashion'd
           Principle
           this
           modish
           Gentleman
           would
           fain
           have
           us
           cast
           away
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
           So
           that
           't
           is
           hence
           very
           plain
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Scripture
           hath
           recorded
           some
           Instances
           of
           the
           profound
           ,
           and
           deserv'd
           Respect
           that
           Men
           of
           noble
           Minds
           have
           obtain'd
           from
           their
           Wives
           ;
           so
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           where
           Husbands
           deserve
           such
           untoward
           Names
           as
           this
           Gentleman
           complains
           of
           ,
           't
           is
           something
           difficult
           to
           conceive
           how
           the
           Women
           of
           moderate
           Consciences
           can
           heartily
           attribute
           to
           them
           Titles
           which
           imply
           some
           mighty
           Excellence
           they
           never
           once
           had
           the
           least
           shadow
           of
           in
           their
           Lives
           .
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           formidable
           in
           that
           Reason
           he
           gives
           ,
           viz.
           for
           fear
           lest
           the
           Man
           should
           come
           under
           the
           
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Apron
          
           ,
           which
           either
           he
           is
           not
           ,
           or
           else
           (
           as
           I
           am
           inform'd
           )
           his
           Governess
           was
           a
           great
           way
           off
           when
           he
           deliver'd
           this
           Discourse
           .
           If
           he
           be
           under
           such
           Discipline
           ,
           he
           has
           doubtless
           had
           many
           a
           severe
           Curtain-Lecture
           for
           it
           since
           ;
           tho
           most
           are
           of
           opinion
           that
           he
           is
           in
           very
           little
           Terror
           on
           that
           account
           .
           These
           comfortable
           ,
           and
           easy
           things
           he
           has
           been
           insisting
           on
           ,
           will
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           facilitate
           the
        
         
         
           Third
           Duty
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           
             obey
             them
          
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           confess
           is
           due
           to
           them
           that
           deserve
           to
           command
           )
           and
           here
           he
           does
           make
           a
           bold
           stroke
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           Subjection
           and
           Obedience
           unto
           Husbands
           is
           required
           
             as
             peremptorily
             as
             unto
             Christ
             himself
             ,
          
           P.
           40.
           
           I
           thought
           the
           Authority
           of
           Husbands
           had
           been
           at
           least
           one
           degree
           inferior
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           see
           whither
           a
           hot
           Brain
           ,
           and
           insulting
           Temper
           will
           lead
           Men.
           The
           Authority
           or
           Husbands
           is
           as
           peremptorily
           asserted
           as
           the
           Authority
           of
           Christ
           !
           what
           else
           can
           be
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           ?
           A
           little
           more
           Modesty
           would
           have
           helpt
           him
           to
           another
           Interpretation
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           
             Submit
             your selves
             to
             your
             Husbands
             as
             unto
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           Eph.
           5.
           22.
           
           Who
           does
           not
           see
           that
           't
           is
           meant
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Laws
           of
           Heaven
           require
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           Commands
           of
           Christ
           ?
           So
           that
           if
           the
           Authority
           of
           Husbands
           be
           limited
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Christ
           not
           ,
           I
           think
           Obedience
           is
           not
           requir'd
           so
           absolutely
           and
           peremptorily
           as
           to
           Christ
           himself
           ;
           which
           he
           seems
           to
           be
           apprehensive
           of
           ,
           and
           so
           drops
           the
           
             Jus
             Divinum
          
           ,
           and
           very
           prudently
           owns
           that
           a
           Man
           is
           to
           go
           no
           farther
           than
           what
           comes
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           his
           Authority
           to
           command
           :
           P.
           41.
           
           And
           here
           he
           says
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           
             contradictory
             to
             God's
             Laws
             ,
             or
             impossible
             in
             it self
             ,
             is
             excluded
             from
             the
             compass
             of
             a
             Husband's
             Authority
             .
          
           A
           goodly
           Dominion
           certainly
           !
           for
           according
           to
           this
           Rule
           ,
           a
           Woman
           (
           if
           a
           
           Husband
           pleases
           )
           is
           bound
           to
           do
           a
           thousand
           foolish
           and
           ridiculous
           things
           .
           If
           it
           be
           his
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           his
           House
           must
           be
           her
           Prison
           all
           the
           days
           of
           her
           Life
           ,
           she
           must
           never
           speak
           a
           word
           but
           to
           him
           ,
           she
           must
           never
           eat
           but
           what
           he
           leaves
           ,
           and
           the
           Dogs
           and
           she
           may
           scramble
           for
           the
           Bones
           ;
           or
           she
           may
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           carry
           his
           Cloak
           after
           him
           when
           he
           goes
           abroad
           ,
           and
           save
           the
           charge
           of
           a
           Groom
           by
           taking
           care
           of
           and
           rubbing
           down
           his
           Horse
           ;
           and
           then
           upon
           the
           least
           disgust
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           go
           barefoot
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           Miles
           to
           some
           eminent
           Wood
           ,
           and
           thence
           cut
           and
           lug
           home
           a
           bundle
           of
           sticks
           ,
           each
           of
           which
           may
           be
           made
           use
           of
           as
           a
           
             Pastoral
             Staff
          
           to
           discipline
           her
           Bones
           withal
           .
           These
           ,
           and
           a
           multitude
           of
           other
           cruel
           and
           ridiculous
           things
           a
           Woman
           may
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           not
           impossible
           .
           If
           it
           be
           reply'd
           that
           these
           things
           ,
           when
           impos'd
           ,
           are
           contrary
           to
           the
           Divine
           Law
           ;
           'T
           is
           all
           we
           desire
           to
           be
           granted
           .
           Then
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           for
           a
           Woman
           to
           obey
           in
           what
           she
           thinks
           fit
           ,
           falls
           
             infinitely
             short
             of
             the
             Apostle's
             Intent
          
           ;
           P.
           43.
           
           Whence
           again
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           he
           means
           (
           as
           any
           one
           may
           guess
           )
           that
           a
           Husband's
           Authority
           is
           unlimited
           ,
           and
           infinite
           ;
           for
           that
           must
           be
           infinite
           which
           another
           thing
           falls
           
             infinitely
             short
             of
          
           ;
           tho
           just
           before
           he
           had
           set
           limits
           to
           this
           boundless
           Authority
           .
           Then
           he
           seems
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           Ignorance
           is
           the
           Mother
           of
           all
           this
           
             Female
             Devotion
          
           ,
           that
           a
           Woman
           must
           
           not
           use
           her
           Reason
           so
           far
           as
           to
           judg
           of
           the
           Laws
           that
           are
           pronounc'd
           to
           her
           :
           No!
           must
           obey
           by
           implicit
           Faith.
           This
           indeed
           ,
           as
           he
           confesses
           ,
           
             seems
             difficult
             on
             the
             first
             view
             ,
          
           (
           and
           I
           dare
           say
           't
           will
           not
           seem
           easy
           on
           a
           second
           )
           yet
           for
           their
           comfort
           he
           tells
           them
           that
           this
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           two
           former
           will
           be
           very
           easy
           and
           pleasant
           ,
           and
           
             will
             or
             should
             be
             sufficient
             to
             please
             their
             Husbands
          
           ;
           P.
           44.
           
           Ay
           good
           Sir
           !
           no
           doubt
           on
           't
           ,
           unless
           they
           are
           Men
           that
           fall
           infinitely
           short
           of
           the
           least
           share
           of
           Reason
           ,
           Conscience
           and
           Humanity
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           at
           last
           he
           tells
           us
           that
           he
           'll
           dispense
           with
           the
           Persian
           Shoo
           ,
           provided
           we
           will
           but
           once
           bring
           it
           in
           fashion
           to
           wear
           Ribbons
           on
           our
           Heads
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Love
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Obey
          
           woven
           into
           them
           .
           An
           excellent
           Invention
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           (
           when
           it
           obtains
           )
           he
           will
           doubtless
           be
           mention'd
           with
           Honour
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           every
           one
           ought
           to
           be
           that
           invents
           any
           thing
           extraordinary
           .
        
         
           Now
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           Improvement
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           ;
           and
           ,
           first
           ,
           he
           applies
           himself
           to
           the
           
             single
             Men
             ,
             and
             the
             unmarried
             ,
          
           and
           tells
           them
           what
           a
           fine
           time
           they
           'll
           have
           on
           't
           when
           they
           can
           persuade
           any
           willing
           Creatures
           to
           submit
           to
           their
           Yoke
           ,
           and
           become
           their
           Servants
           for
           ever
           .
           And
           here
           he
           runs
           out
           against
           
             the
             wild
             and
             extravagant
             Inclinations
          
           of
           the
           Women
           ,
           and
           what
           those
           Inclinations
           are
           may
           be
           guess'd
           from
           his
           Discourse
           all
           along
           .
           There
           is
           indeed
           a
           very
           strong
           Inclination
           
           in
           us
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           those
           things
           call'd
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Rational
           Creatures
           ;
           which
           wild
           and
           extravagant
           Humour
           this
           Gentleman
           would
           by
           all
           means
           have
           timely
           corrected
           as
           a
           thing
           that
           is
           altogether
           inconsistent
           with
           his
           most
           exalted
           Notions
           ,
           and
           pious
           Design
           :
           Yet
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           I
           leave
           the
           World
           to
           judg
           whether
           he
           has
           not
           given
           an
           infinite
           scope
           to
           the
           most
           wild
           and
           exorbitant
           Inclinations
           of
           some
           Men
           ,
           tho
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           they
           can
           
             learn
             to
             command
             fast
             enough
          
           .
        
         
           In
           his
           closing
           Periods
           (
           where
           he
           addresses
           himself
           to
           the
           Married
           )
           he
           seems
           a
           little
           to
           tack
           about
           ,
           and
           endeavors
           to
           roll
           up
           his
           bitter
           Pill
           in
           a
           few
           sugar'd
           Sentences
           :
           and
           bids
           the
           Men
           remember
           
             that
             our
             Duty
             is
             hard
          
           ,
           (
           most
           undoubtedly
           true
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Description
           of
           it
           )
           
             our
             Frailty
             great
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           our
           Task
           must
           not
           be
           made
           more
           
             difficult
             than
             necessity
             does
             require
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             because
             they
             are
          
           (
           says
           he
           to
           the
           
             He-yoke-fellows
             )
             a
             part
             of
             your selves
             .
          
           This
           is
           certainly
           all
           very
           good
           .
           But
           if
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           this
           be
           a
           Man's
           Duty
           ,
           then
           hence
           I
           collect
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           goes
           beyond
           his
           Bounds
           when
           he
           imposes
           things
           unnecessary
           ,
           tho
           they
           be
           not
           impossible
           ;
           which
           does
           not
           much
           resemble
           what
           he
           has
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           vitious
           or
           impossible
           things
           are
           excluded
           from
           the
           compass
           (
           or
           the
           enchanted
           Circle
           )
           
             of
             a
             Husband's
             Authority
          
           .
           This
           makes
           me
           conclude
           that
           he
           would
           never
           
           have
           once
           mentioned
           the
           Mens
           Duty
           ,
           when
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           
             
               They
               must
               bear
               with
               and
               pardon
               our
               Weakness
               ;
            
             
               And
               submit
               to
               many
               Inconveniences
               for
               our
               sakes
               ;
            
             
               And
               interpose
               between
               us
               and
               Dangers
               ;
            
             
               And
               endeavour
               to
               promote
               our
               spiritual
               Good
               and
               Welfare
               .
            
          
           (
           Indeed
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           a
           Roman
           Catholic
           who
           attempted
           to
           persuade
           a
           Protestant
           that
           Marriage
           was
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           because
           it
           did
           administer
           Grace
           ;
           and
           being
           demanded
           what
           Grace
           ,
           replied
           ,
           the
           Grace
           of
           Repentance
           .
           Now
           in
           this
           sense
           the
           obliging
           Husbands
           that
           follow
           his
           Directions
           ,
           may
           easily
           promote
           their
           Wives
           spiritual
           Good
           and
           Welfare
           ;
           for
           I
           'll
           engage
           ,
           that
           any
           Women
           of
           sense
           enough
           to
           distinguish
           between
           Liberty
           and
           Bondage
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           been
           a
           while
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           such
           a
           Husbands
           Authority
           ,
           shall
           attain
           to
           the
           perfect
           exercise
           of
           a
           most
           
             true
             and
             unfeigned
             Repentance
             .
          
           )
           But
           these
           Duties
           of
           the
           Men
           he
           would
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           never
           have
           mentioned
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           a
           most
           surprizingly
           witty
           Jest
           ,
           which
           he
           designed
           to
           break
           ,
           and
           leave
           with
           us
           for
           the
           parting
           Blessing
           :
           It
           is
           this
           ;
           That
           he
           
             must
             forbear
             Enlargement
          
           (
           he
           means
           on
           the
           Duty
           of
           Mankind
           )
           
             lest
             by
             overlading
             the
             Memories
             of
             the
             Women
             ,
             he
             should
             cause
             them
             to
             forget
             that
             Duty
             which
             hath
             been
             set
             before
             them
             .
          
           He
           might
           very
           well
           have
           spared
           this
           Jest
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           does
           conclude
           his
           
           pious
           and
           ingenious
           Discourse
           ;
           for
           no
           doubt
           the
           Women
           will
           not
           forget
           him
           in
           hast
           ,
           nor
           the
           Doctrine
           he
           has
           delivered
           ,
           as
           he
           will
           certainly
           find
           ,
           if
           ever
           he
           should
           have
           any
           occasion
           once
           more
           to
           attempt
           to
           persuade
           any
           one
           of
           them
           to
           renew
           the
           Experiment
           how
           obliging
           and
           extraordinary
           a
           Husband
           he
           would
           prove
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           hastily
           considered
           this
           extraordinary
           Piece
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           the
           Author
           takes
           abundance
           of
           Pleasure
           and
           Satisfaction
           :
           But
           what
           could
           move
           him
           to
           vent
           such
           high-flown
           ranting
           stuff
           as
           we
           find
           here
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagin
           .
           If
           the
           Parliamert
           were
           all
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           the
           Salique
           Law
           establisht
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Water
           ,
           tho
           he
           scarcely
           hoped
           so
           great
           an
           effect
           of
           his
           first
           Endeavors
           .
           But
           I
           suppose
           he
           was
           resolved
           ,
           since
           what
           he
           had
           hitherto
           published
           had
           not
           made
           him
           so
           famous
           as
           he
           deserved
           ,
           he
           would
           now
           do
           something
           that
           should
           for
           ever
           mark
           him
           to
           posterity
           ,
           and
           get
           him
           a
           Name
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ;
           as
           he
           that
           burnt
           the
           Temple
           of
           Diana
           at
           Ephesus
           ,
           purely
           that
           the
           memory
           of
           the
           Fact
           might
           eternize
           his
           Name
           .
           Or
           perhaps
           ,
           he
           so
           dearly
           loves
           his
           present
           Consort
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           resolv'd
           ,
           should
           he
           lose
           her
           ,
           never
           once
           to
           think
           of
           another
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           end
           and
           purpose
           ,
           hath
           done
           something
           to
           make
           it
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           hope
           any
           other
           would
           ever
           smile
           upon
           him
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           should
           read
           
             Come
             love
             me
          
           in
           any
           of
           them
           .
           But
           
           I
           know
           not
           what
           he
           will
           say
           to
           justify
           the
           Reverence
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           after
           he
           has
           preached
           a
           Sermon
           calculated
           to
           spoil
           the
           Gravity
           ,
           and
           debauch
           the
           Devotion
           of
           a
           Saint
           .
           Those
           persons
           that
           could
           refrain
           from
           a
           loud
           Laughter
           at
           many
           of
           his
           Periods
           ,
           must
           have
           a
           greater
           degree
           of
           command
           over
           themselves
           than
           the
           Author
           has
           .
           Had
           he
           resolved
           to
           have
           talkt
           thus
           ,
           the
           only
           time
           had
           been
           while
           he
           was
           slabbering
           the
           Sack-posset
           ,
           or
           untying
           the
           Bride-woman's
           Garters
           :
           And
           it
           looks
           the
           more
           awkward
           ,
           because
           he
           has
           here
           and
           there
           mingled
           Gravity
           even
           to
           Terror
           ,
           and
           ever
           now
           and
           then
           all
           the
           Levity
           and
           Buffoonery
           of
           one
           that
           harangues
           the
           People
           from
           a
           large
           wooden
           High-place
           at
           Bartholomew
           Fair
           ;
           which
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           is
           not
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           in
           its
           
             proper
             place
          
           .
           Such
           a
           Discourse
           might
           have
           passed
           well
           enough
           in
           Spain
           or
           Muscovy
           (
           where
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Crab-tree
           is
           patiently
           suffer'd
           by
           the
           Women
           )
           and
           he
           lost
           a
           mighty
           opportunity
           in
           not
           transporting
           himself
           with
           the
           Czar
           .
           But
           the
           mischief
           on
           't
           is
           ,
           that
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           tho
           he
           has
           done
           his
           endeavor
           to
           make
           it
           no
           more
           the
           
             Paradise
             of
             Women
          
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           many
           of
           the
           Men
           so
           generous
           that
           they
           were
           ashamed
           of
           his
           Design
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           't
           is
           reported
           )
           earnestly
           persuaded
           him
           to
           let
           it
           die
           ,
           and
           be
           buried
           in
           deserved
           Oblivion
           ;
           but
           certainly
           one
           possest
           of
           such
           Notions
           is
           utterly
           beyond
           all
           advice
           .
        
         
         
           Notwithstanding
           all
           the
           good
           he
           may
           think
           he
           has
           done
           by
           the
           preaching
           and
           publishing
           this
           learned
           Sermon
           ,
           I
           suppose
           it
           will
           not
           be
           very
           hard
           to
           prove
           that
           he
           has
           done
           some
           mischief
           by
           it
           :
           As
           ,
           suppose
           he
           hath
           caused
           hereby
           several
           poor
           patient
           Creatures
           to
           be
           made
           Muscovites
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           cudgel'd
           two
           or
           three
           times
           a
           week
           more
           than
           usually
           :
           Suppose
           he
           has
           inflam'd
           the
           domineering
           Temper
           ,
           and
           heighten'd
           the
           insulting
           Carriage
           of
           many
           a
           barbarous
           Husband
           .
           Why
           all
           this
           is
           nothing
           :
           They
           must
           thank
           their
           Mother
           Eve
           for
           it
           ;
           tho
           in
           truth
           ,
           if
           such
           Principles
           as
           his
           had
           never
           come
           abroad
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           scap'd
           tolerably
           well
           for
           all
           
             Mother
             Eve.
          
           
        
         
           But
           however
           ,
           the
           poor
           distressed
           Lady
           ,
           for
           whom
           this
           was
           preach'd
           ,
           is
           doubtless
           very
           much
           edified
           by
           it
           .
           To
           come
           from
           
             Your
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             and
             Yours
             to
             Command
             ,
             tho
             it
             be
             my
             Life
             ,
          
           &c.
           to
           the
           Persian
           Shoo
           ,
           and
           the
           new-fashion'd
           Motto
           ,
           was
           a
           vast
           change
           .
           From
           the
           melting
           Accents
           of
           a
           desperate
           Lover
           ,
           to
           the
           harsh
           Cadence
           of
           such
           rugged
           Sentences
           ,
           and
           such
           threatning
           Pronouncements
           !
           From
           such
           Prayers
           to
           such
           Preaching
           ,
           was
           a
           mighty
           Leap
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           gave
           the
           poor
           tender
           Heart
           a
           most
           abominable
           Jolt
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           very
           natural
           also
           ,
           from
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           vast
           alteration
           there
           is
           in
           some
           men
           after
           they
           are
           sure
           of
           their
           Game
           :
           Beforehand
           they
           'l
           do
           all
           the
           mean
           things
           in
           the
           
           World
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           all
           the
           ungrateful
           and
           disingenuous
           ones
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sure
           (
           whatever
           a
           Woman
           is
           antecedently
           obliged
           to
           )
           that
           when
           the
           Men
           shall
           promise
           and
           vow
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           protest
           by
           the
           most
           sacred
           things
           ,
           that
           such
           shall
           be
           their
           Indulgence
           and
           Tenderness
           ,
           as
           shall
           never
           give
           the
           least
           cause
           of
           Repentance
           ;
           when
           they
           shall
           declare
           and
           swear
           to
           be
           for
           ever
           their
           Servants
           ;
           they
           hereby
           oblige
           themselves
           before-hand
           to
           consider
           the
           Complaints
           that
           shall
           be
           made
           to
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           severe
           .
           So
           that
           in
           this
           sort
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           a
           Man
           not
           only
           violates
           common
           Justice
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           Vows
           and
           Obligations
           .
           This
           Gentleman
           knows
           the
           vast
           difference
           between
           
             [
             Bright
             and
             Transcendental
             Madam
             !
             ]
          
           and
           the
           Persian
           Shoo
           ;
           between
           
             [
             Yours
             to
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             your
             Servant
             to
             the
             Antipodes
             ]
          
           and
           
             know
             your
             Lord
             and
             Master
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           those
           that
           are
           of
           this
           absolute
           and
           unlimited
           Gentleman's
           mind
           ,
           if
           they
           'l
           be
           generous
           and
           honest
           ,
           ought
           to
           tell
           the
           Ladies
           they
           address
           ,
           what
           sort
           of
           Life
           they
           are
           like
           to
           lead
           ,
           what
           sort
           of
           Bonds
           they
           are
           to
           come
           under
           ,
           what
           vast
           Authority
           must
           be
           exercised
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           very
           Desires
           of
           their
           Hearts
           must
           be
           under
           Government
           Masculine
           ;
           and
           if
           after
           all
           this
           they
           'l
           come
           under
           Male-Administration
           ,
           and
           then
           complain
           ,
           they
           are
           certainly
           the
           persons
           most
           concerned
           in
           the
           Author's
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           consider
           it
           ,
           
           and
           reap
           the
           benefit
           of
           it
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           cast
           away
           a
           few
           leisure
           hours
           on
           these
           Reflections
           which
           I
           have
           ventured
           to
           make
           ,
           and
           done
           this
           Author
           an
           honour
           he
           could
           not
           expect
           :
           And
           being
           engaged
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Sex
           ,
           if
           he
           shall
           preach
           such
           another
           Sermon
           ,
           I
           hope
           some
           generous
           Gentleman
           or
           other
           will
           save
           me
           the
           trouble
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           World
           see
           ,
           that
           even
           among
           his
           own
           Sex
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           who
           are
           not
           Partakers
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           hate
           the
           mean
           and
           dishonourable
           Design
           with
           which
           he
           was
           certainly
           big
           ,
           when
           he
           uttered
           so
           ungenteel
           and
           unmanly
           a
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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