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 own, ince no Pacts can tranfer them to another, yet her Huband can prevent her Exertion of them, either for herelf or Children, even when he won't do any thing for them himelf.

Again, God commands all Parents to breed up their Children in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord.

But an Huband may prevent his Wife's doing that Duty, even after his Death, when they have no Parent but a Mother, by ordering the Children into other Hands, tho' no other can be o nearly concern'd for them.

I beg to know whether we have not a Right by Nature, to be permitted to do all that Good, which God has given us Abilities to do?

And whether it can be uppoed that God gave Man an Authority in Oppoition to his own?

And whether by the Nature of Societies, and etablihed Rules of Government, all Parts of a Community have not a Right to a Degree of Liberty and Property correpondent to the Contitution under which they live?

’Tis nothing to the Purpoe to ay, we hould make an ill Ue of this Liberty, for if the Law of God, and the Rules of Equity allow it us, we have a Right to it, and mut anwer