of a *P eft Hence, Sec. 77 lar Fitnefs for fiich a Union, from a com- mon Affinity in the Nature of their In- fection, and the Energy of their Poiibn. O N E of the Firft of this Clafs is the venereal Difeafe, with which the peftilen- tial Venom does in a very familiar Manner unite it felf. At the firft breaking out in- deed of the laft Sicknefs it xvas given out by common Fame, that thole who were pre- vioufly infected with any foul Diftemper, as the Pox in particular, would be Secured thereby againft the pestilential Taint ^ but wicked and impious was the Confequence of fuch a Suggestion ; for many were hereby encouraged to Seek the moft lafci- vious and frlthy Prostitutions, on purpofe to be fecur'd by one previous Infection againft another: But befides the poifonous Qua- lity peculiar to this nafty Difeafe, befides that Expence of Spirit in the procuring it, and befides a loft Force of the Con- stitution thereby, the greateft Aggravation to this Misfortune was, that the very Taint which was to defend againft another, had it in its Nature to be more forcibly at- tracted by it ^ fo that the rafh Adventurer was foon brought to a bitter Repentance for his Experiment, by finking immediately under
