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4) PUBL. OFF.

Incontinence

given to any thing that bears the name comes under the idea of incontinence
The propensity to on which depends the preservation of the species
is branded with a severe and general note
of disapprobation. Marriage, which is the b open and
avow'd habit of gratifying it under certain circumstances,
marriage is by St Paul tolerated rather than approved:
tolerated as being of two evils indeed the less,
but still an evil. It is better to marry says he than burn: that is with the fire of incontinence and again
It has been alledged indeed, that
the intention of persons whom the Apostle in the passage had on view
in this passage, and to whom and whom alone were the only persons whom he
meant to dissuade from engaging in the state in question
were persons as were particularly engaged in
the task of propagating the Gospel. But the Apostle
himself informs us not of any such distinction. The
advice or precept which ever it is to be called is
given in the same breath with others to which man commentators
[give without script or difficulty] make no difficulty of giving a general application.

And the Apostles invectives against incontinence in general
are so vehement & so frequent, that to for a Christian writing for the
instructions of all Christians it was natural to

His works though addressed to particular persons were
[professedly] written for the general instruction of all Christians:
so at least we ought to suppose, when we as Christians
resort to them for instruction. He could not but be sensible
how vehement & frequent his declarations were against incontinence
in general: against carnality, against the lusts of the flesh
in short against the indulgence of that appetite of which
Marriage is the indulgence. Marriage itself coming particularly under consideration
he condemns it. He condemns it in the same
general language in which he had so often was in use to been condemn
incontinence at large. He says not it is better
for

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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	004	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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