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Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.

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That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

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We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

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Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

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But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

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Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion.

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Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best.

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Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.

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For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.

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God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: November 12th, 1666

Died: May 11th, 1731

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