Volume 1

Thelyphthora; or, a treatise on female ruin, in its causes, effects, consequences, prevention, and remedy; considered on the basis of the divine law under the following heads, viz. marriage, whoredom and fornication, adultery, polygamy, divorce, with many other incidental matters, particularly including an examination of the principles and tendency of Stat. 26 Geo. II. c. 33, commonly called The marriage act / [Anon].

  • Martin Madan
Date:
1780-1781
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Credit: Thelyphthora; or, a treatise on female ruin, in its causes, effects, consequences, prevention, and remedy; considered on the basis of the divine law under the following heads, viz. marriage, whoredom and fornication, adultery, polygamy, divorce, with many other incidental matters, particularly including an examination of the principles and tendency of Stat. 26 Geo. II. c. 33, commonly called The marriage act / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    נ 53! ] =ture will neceflarily fall under farther .confideration hereafter, I will now return to the hiftory of Lamech. Whether he did right or wrong does not appear, for it is only faid—Lamech- took him two wives. His being of the ! “ degenerate race of Cain made it not a jot the worfe, or a tittle the better, any more than the fame thing done by Jacob made it either the one or the other, be- caufe he was “ of the blefled race of “ Seth.” The invention of which was afterwards made fuch conliderable ufe of in the temple of God—of agriculture and the care of cattle—of working in brafs and iron, were all found out by Lamech’s children} yet I cannot conceive that they are the lefs innocent in themfelves, or lefs ufeful to mankind, than if they had been found out by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We can only fay of fuch ob- fervaticns on fcripture, that they are very filly, but if the word of God is to be corrupted, in order to ferve as a founda- tion for them, they are very wicked. See Deut. iv. 2. xii. 32. I only mention Mr. Henry, but I might name others; one who goes fo far in corrupting the text, that he reprefents it as the com- mand of God, that “ two, and no ηιοχε, “ Ihould be oneflep, Gen. ii, 24.” The words /