ſeeks the Good of its Object, attempt to betray a Woman into a Bargain, where ſhe is ſo greatly to be the Loſer? If ſuch Corrupter, therefore, ſhould have the Impudence to pretend a real Affection for her, ought not the Woman to regard him, not only as an Enemy, but as the worſt of all Enemies; a falſe, deſigning, treacherous, pretended Friend, who intends not only to debauch her Body, but her Understanding at the ſame Time?’
Here Jenny expreſſing great Concern, Allworthy pauſed a Moment, and then proceeded: ‘I have talked thus to you, Child, not to inſult you for what is paſt, and irrevocable, but to caution and ſtrengthen you for the future. Nor ſhould I have taken this Trouble, but from ſome Opinion of your good Senſe, notwithſtanding, the dreadful Slip you have made; and from ſome Hopes of your hearty Repentance, which are founded on the Openneſs and Sincerity of your Confeſſion. If theſe do not deceive me, I will take care to convey you from this Scene of your Shame, where you ſhall, by being unknown, avoid the Puniſhment which, as I have ſaid, is allotted to your Crime in this World; and I hope by Repentance, you will avoid the much heavier Sentence‘denounced
