THE Sin of On an, and GOD’sfudden Vengeance upon it, are fo remarkable , that Every- body will eafily perceive that ?, from his Name I have derived the Running Title of this little Book: And thsugh 1 treat of this Crime in relation to Women as well as Men, whilft the Offence hSelf-Pollution in both, I could not think of any other Word which would fo well put the Reader in Mind both of the Sin and its Punifhment at once, as this.
THIS Praclice is fo frequent, and fo crying an Offence, efpeci ally among the Male Youth of this Nation, that I have Reafon to imagine, a great many Offenders would never be guilty of it, if they had be en thoroughly acquainted with the Heinoufnefs of the Crime, and the fad Conjequences to the Body as well as the Soul, which may, and often do, enfue upon it. This was the chief Motive that induced me to zvrite on this Subjecl.
THOSE who are of Opinion, that, notwithjl anding the Frequency of this Sin, it never ought to be fpoke of, or hinted at, becaufe the bare mentioning of it may be dangerous to fome, who zuithout it would, probably, never have thought of it, will, I hope, find themfelves anfwered in Page io, 1 1, 70, and 72.