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in the inward parts, and mercy will attend her.
I have indeed ſo much compaſſion for thoſe young females who are entering into the world without fixed principles, that I would fain perſuade them to examine a little into the matter. For though in the ſeaſon of gaiety they may not feel the want of them, in that of diſtreſs where will they fly for ſuccour? Even with this ſupport, life is a labor of patience—a conflict; and the utmoſt we can gain is a ſmall portion of peace, a kind of watchful tranquillity, that is liable to continual interruptions.
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