This is the original and best collion. nany passages are suferersein the Cater eclitions

639 WOMEN.—Thelypthora, or à Treatise on

Female, Ruin in its Causes, Effects, Conse-
quences, Prevention, and Remedy, under the
following heads :- Marriage, Fornication,
Adultery, Polygamy, Divorce, etc., 3 vols, 8vo,
FINE COPY, NICE OLD BRILLIANT CALF GILT, very
scarce,

1780—1
The contreversy which this singular work occasioned

lasted long, and was carried on with great keenness.
In it the author maintains the lawfulness and Poly-
gamy as authorised by the Mosaic law, and therefore
obligatory on Christians, includes the RARE 3RD VOL,
published afterwards.

SNV

OR,
•

A TREATISE ON
FEM ALE RUIN,

IN ITS
CAUSES, EFFECTS, CONSEQUENCES,
PREVENTION, AND REMEDY;

CONSIDERED ON THE BASIS OF THE
DIV IN EL A W:

Under the following HEADS, viz.
MARRIAGE, ADULTERY,
WHOREDOM, and || POLYGAMY,
FORNICATION, || 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.

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. I..

--What in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support;
That, to the height of this great argument,
I may affert ETERNAL PROVIDENCE,
And justify the ways of God to men.'

MILTON.

is LONDON:
Printed for J. DODSLEY.

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