He  took  this  opportunity  of  admonishing  us  of  any
thing  he  observed  amiss  in  our  conduct,  and  he
always  did  it  in  a  most  engaging  mai^ner.  After
this,  we  met  at  seven  in  the  evening  for  family
prayer ;  before  prayer,  one  of  us  either  repeated  the
sermon  we  had  heard,  or  read  some  portion  of  a
practical  writer  which  we  ourselves  chose;  about
three  quarters  of  an  hour  were  spent  in  this ;  and
then,  after  singing  (which  was  a  constant  part  of  our
morning  and  evening  worship)  and  prayer,  Mr.  Jen-
nings examined  those  of  the  first  class  in  the  Assem-
bly's Larger  Catechism,  in  which  he  gave  us  an
historical  account  of  the  belief  of  other  parties  of


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474  DIARY  AND  CORRESPONDENCE

Chrntians  relating  to  the  several  articles  which  are
matter  of  controversy.
Mr.  Jennings  allowed  us  the  free  use  of  his  library,
which  was  divided  into  two  parts.  The  first  was
common  to  all,  the  second  was  for  the  use  of  the
seniors  only,  consisting  principally  of  books  of  phi-
losophy and  polemical  divinity,  with  which  the  juni-
ors would  have  been  confounded  rather  than  edified.
