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2. It argues likewise a perfect Indifference as to the Crime; and as to its being an Offence, against God or Man; and such a Woman ought not to be supposed to value the Sin of being a Whore, any more than the Scandal of it.

Indeed; to be utterly thoughtless of the Consequence, and every Way as wicked as the Man, seems to be just the Character of the Woman in this particular Case: And I must leave it upon her, that she who thus complies, declares her self, by the very Fact, to be utterly unconcerned about her Character, whether as a Woman of Virtue, or as a Christian; and if ever she is brought to her Senses again, she must be convinced, that she deserves to be so understood.

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