THE
HARDSHIPS
OF THE
ENGLISH LAWS
In relation to
WIVES.
WITH AN
Explanation of the Original Curse of Subjection paſſed upon the Woman.
in an
Humble Addreſs to the Legislature.
I could alſo ſpeak as ye do; if your Soul were in my Souls Stead, I could heap up Words againſt you, and ſhake mine Head at you.
But I would ſtrengthen you with my Mouth, and the moving of my Lips ſhould aſſwage your Grief.
Tho' I ſpeak, my Grief is not aſſwaged; and tho' I forbear, what am I eaſed? Job. xvi. 4, 5, 6.
For it was not an Enemy that reproached me, then I could have born it; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnifie himſelf againſt me, then I would have hid my ſelf from him.
But it was thou, a Man, mine Equal, my Guide, and mine Acquaintance.
We took ſweet Counſel together, and walked into the Houſe of God in company. Pſalm lvi. 12, 13, 14.
LONDON,
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