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ſhould be ſparing? As the man's part is, to provide induſtriouſly, ſo the woman's is, to preſerve diſcreetly; the one muſt not be careleſly wanting, the other muſt not be cauſeleſly waſting; the man must be ſeeking with diligence, the woman muſt be ſaving with prudence. The cock and hen both ſcrape together in the duſt-heap, to pick up ſomething for the little chickens. To wind up this on a short bottom,
1. If the woman be a help to the man, then let not the man caſt dirt on the woman.
Secundus being aſked his opinion of women, said "Viri naufragium, domus tempeſtas, quietus impedimentum," &c. But ſurely he was a monſter, and not a man; fitter for a tomb to bury him, than a womb to bear him. Some have ſtiled them to be like clouds in the ſky: Like motes in the ſun: Like ſnuffs in the candle: Like weeds in the garden. But it is not good to play the butcher with that naked ſex, that hath no arms but for embraces.
A preacher should not be ſilent in the cauſe of thoſe who are always ſilenced from preaching.—Because they are the weaker veſſels, ſhall they be broken all to pieces? Thou that ſayeſt women are evil, it may be thy expreſſion flows from thy experience; but I shall never take that mariner for my pilot, that hath no better knowledge than the ſplitting of his own ship. Wilt thou condemn the frame of all, for the fault of one? As if it were true logic, becauſe ſome are evil, therefore none are good. He hath ill eyes, that disdains all
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