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The direction in the 22. of Deut. for conviction of un∣chastity before marriage re∣lates peculiarly to a Vir∣gin, and cannot be applyed to a Widow, yet should a Widow by other evident proofs be convicted of un∣chastity after the death of a First Husband before mar∣riage to a second, the equity and reason of the Law seems to reach her; 'Tis a firm Maxim in the Civil Law, ut ubi eadem est ratio, jus idem valet, I find no ex∣ception
any where made in that case, nor any particu∣lar direction given about a Widows previous unchasti∣ty to a second marriage to punish it any other way.