Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Bio: John Trench was an eighteenth-century English Anglican priest in Ireland:he was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford and was Dean of Raphoe from 21 January 1692 until his death on 24 June 1725.
