His opinion was, that aS mj son was alre&dy possessed
of a yery Affluent f6rtu^e by his mark^iage, I might ac-
cept his offer ^ without anj hesitation. His business,
however, was to itif6rm me, that As he had the night

. before/ sent for the licenses ^, and ex'pected them ^very
hour, he hoped that I woyld not refuse my assistance

' in mailing all the company happy that m6rning. A

footman entered while we were speaking, to tell us

that the messenger was returned; and^as I was. by this

time rpidy, I went down, where I found the whole

. c6mpany as m^rry as affluence and ihnocence coujd

I mahe them. However, as they were now' prep'iring

for a vqry silen^n ceremony, their Jaughter entii^ely

displeased, m^. I^ told. them of the grave, becoming,

and sublime ' deportment they should assume up'6n this

t mystical occasion, and rdad them two homilies, and a

theus ^ of my own composing, in 6rder to prepare

5 Sent for the Hcgnses, S. Anm. 91 &am sinonddreirsig-
stcn Ktfpitei. « . '

6 'tiDO hcmities and a thesis, -^ ^ Homilies tind eine Art
VOip*Prfdi^teiiy wclcbfe i^ Anfangs der Rerorxnafion in Eng-
land 'unter Eduard Vf. ujod der K5niginn JEJIisabeth auf Be-
fehi der Regierung abgerafsc |ind sum VorJeaen in den Kit*
chen durch 9ffet^tKcben Befefal besiimmt wurdem Sie inach-
ten nebat ileo So Glaubensartikel^ aua> dem Katecbismus das

' Li^hrgebSude. der Bnglischen Kirehe ftas. , iVf an k^onte der

-GciiiUcbkeic d'amaU noch aicht ganz das Veriraitfea adiel»|en»

dsfli sie die neaen Lebren durcb ibre eig>nen Predigt^n gis*

' h5rig ins Ltcbl setaen und dem Voike in Hinsicbl/derselben
tichtige Begriffe beibrtngen wiirde; nnd -dieaes veranlaffte,
dlafs man iuf die Art den ReligionaUhrern das in die HIpde
gaby was aie predigen sollten. Jet»t wird vott'dieten homU
lies 9 deireo.etw^ 34'sein m8gln> wenig mchr'Giebrsiicb g^
< madit.^—. TA^fis lit so viel ais Aafsats^ Abhalidloaf.
