Thelyphthora, Or a Treatise on Female Ruin, in Its Causes, Effects, Consequences, Prevention, and Remedy, Vol. 1 of 2

Download or read book Thelyphthora, Or a Treatise on Female Ruin, in Its Causes, Effects, Consequences, Prevention, and Remedy, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Martin Madan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thelyphthora, or a Treatise on Female Ruin, in Its Causes, Effects, Consequences, Prevention, and Remedy, Vol. 1 of 2: Considered on the Basis of the Divine Law, Under the Following Heads, Viz. Marriage, Whoredom, and Fornication, Adultery, Polygamy, Divorce; With Many Other Incidental Matters To exhibit a fyftem far different from this - to fet forth the divine law as the contrivance of infinite wi/'dam, for the fe entity, peace, prefervation, and proleetion of the female fix, is the purpofe of the following pages.-were this to be made the bafis of our municipal laws, it would prove an adequate remedy for all thofe mifchiefs, which, in comparatively few inflances, can now only find a partial pal liation, from benevolence like yours, but which mutt, in general, be ill the por tion of thofe, whom god's law was formed to proteet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."