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3) PUB. OFF. Incontinence

John the Baptist
and ye say that he hath a Devil
The Son of Man came eating and drinking

This conduct, and doctrines
With regard to this class of pleasures in particular, his conduct
and doctrines have nothing in of them of that particular
severity which those who have professed to eradicate
him have in general commonly thought themselves
bound to testify. Among those whom he admitted to
the most intimate share of his society was a woman
who made incontinence her profession. It no where appears
that her quitting this profession was made the
condition of her being permitted to enjoy this favour.
Her occupation is occasionally mentioned as being there
what from the nature of things it will be every where
a disreputable one, but no particular censure is any
where passed on her by Jesus himself on that account.
At her first introduction she is comforted with the general
assurance that her sins are forgiven have her. But
to sin [in the lot] we are often given in the sin to understand] is the loss
[all women as well as all men have sins]
of all mankind: nor is incontinence any more than any
other practice imputed to her as a sin.

With what ever aspect Jesus himself may be thought to might have
viewed these pleasures, it is certain that his
followers fell very early into notions of extreme rigour
on this head. In the writings of the Apostles, no quarter is given The propensity

When he mentions brings to mind that species of incontinence
which is distinguished by the epithet unnatural,
it is rather to diminish than to encrease the horror which
he saw his auditers entertained or professed to be entertain
for such irregularities. Thinkest thou &

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	063	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	012	Info in main headings field	pub. off
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	b1 / a2 / b3 / a4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	20201
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