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Foundations that it is our true Intereſt that our Obligations to obey our Huſbands ſhould remain, till the Faſhion of the World paſſeth away; then will be accompliſhed our moſt blooming Hopes and animating Expectations, the Laws of Equality will then for ever be ſet Right, and, ſhe that humbleth herſelf, ſhall be exalted!
But tho' God thus puniſhes his Servants in Mercy, yet he never condemned them to be put under Axes, and Harrows of Iron, nor to paſs through the Brick-kiln! Theſe were Puniſhments for the Heathen, which called not upon his Name. 'Tis therefore no Excuſe for us, that the Women in Turkey are uſed worſe than we are. We abhor a Compariſon with them, as much as the Men would here, a Compariſon of their Condition with that of their Sex in Turkey.
When the Men refuſe to bear their Part of the Curſe, with what Equity can they require us, to bear ours? In the ſweat of thy Brows ſhalt thou eat Bread. But when they refuſe to ſtir a Finger for their Support, is it equitable that they ſhould tye their Wives Hands behind them, and make their helpleſs Offſpring Fatherleſs and Motherleſs alſo?
"My Ways are equal, O! Houſe of Iſrael, your Ways are unequal. What have I required of thee, O Man! but to do Juſtice, to
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