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 Children, that it is augmented as to Wives, as I have hewn in the foregoing Intances, and that Wives have not a Degree of Liberty and Property, correpondent to that Degree of Liberty and Property, which is allowed all other ubordinate Perons in the whole Community.

Omnipotence itelf diclaims the Power of doing Evil, the exact Rectitude of the Will of the Almighty is an everlating Retriction.

Our King, his happiet and greatet Vice—gerent upon Earth, lays no Claim to the Power of Oppreion: and it is no more to the Diminution of his Honour, than it is to the Retraint of his Actions, that our Laws guard us from uffering by his Authority.

Since then, the God of Heaven and Earth, in and from himelf, acts always by the Rules of Jutice and Mercy; and our Sovereign knows it to be his mot ditinguihing Honour to be under Obligations to govern his People, by the ame unerring Rules; hall I be accued of Confidence or Preumption, for humbly beeeching that our dometick Lords, may be under the ame happy Obligations in their private Capacities, which are o true an Honour to our King, in his mot illutrious Station?

I hope the Jutice and Integrity of my own Heart