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CHAP. VIII.
Of unequal, unsuitable, and preposterous Marriages, and the unhappy Consequences of them. Of the Effects they have upon the Family Conversation. How they occasion a Matrimonial Whoredom many Ways. Also something of the Marriage Covenant and Oath; and how all the Breaches of it are a Political and Matrimonial Whoredom, if not a Literal Whoredom; with several Examples.
HE Contract between a Man and Woman, which we call the Marriage Covenant, is mutual and reciprocal, the Obligations on either Side are equal, and the Weights they carry with them is equally obligatory. What Inequalities there are in the coming together, ought to be considered before-hand; and the want of considering those Inequalities before-hand, is that of which I complain: These Inequalities, in some mea-sure,
