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The blessings of polygamy displayed in an affectionate address to the Rev. Martin Madan; occasioned by his late work, entitled Thelyphthora, or, A treatise on female ruin... / By Richard Hill, esq.

Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet

Date:: 1781

Credit: The blessings of polygamy displayed in an affectionate address to the Rev. Martin Madan; occasioned by his late work, entitled Thelyphthora, or, A treatise on female ruin... / By Richard Hill, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$a \ - ee ee RR Sc ee be Th: 38 The Blefings of Polygamy, &e. twenty more were to do the fame ; how. could the poor man help himfelf upon your plan? He-muft marry them all, and pros vide for them all, feeing he hath humblea. them, he may not put them away all bis Aaa Again, let it be fuppofed, that any laf- civious man who was tired of his firft wife, ; hankered after variety, and wifhed to take another, or two, or three, or four, (for your dogtrine allows of no limitation) he has nothing to do but to walk about a wife= seeking, make his propofals wherever luft and inconftancy fhall fuggeft, and if the woman confent, neither he nor fhe com- mit any fin; fhe has given herfelf up to the man of ber choice, who has humbled ber, and therefore they are man and wife in the - fight of God, without any marriage eere=_ mony whatever.—But be may mot put her away all bis days, and he muft provide for her——But fuppofe he is poor and cannot. provide : for her [S] ftill be may not put ber { S] I am acquainted with a worthy good man, ~ who in the honefty and integrity of his heart, having beet$