REFLEXION.

It is Morally Impossible for an Hypocrite to keep himself long upon his

Guard; for the Force is Unnatural, and the least Slip or Surprise, either

a Word, Look, or Action, lays him open through his Disguise. But to Sum

up the Case in short: what with the Hazzards of Conjugal Disagreement,

Ungracious Children; None at all; or the Loss of them; with a Hundred

other Uneasy Circumstances incident to that Condition, Happy is the

Couple that in a Marry’d State have the Good Fortune to make a Saving

Game on’t.

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