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Excerpt from Matrimonial Ceremonies Displayed: Wherein Are Exhibited the Various Customs, Odd Pranks, Whimsical Tricks and Surprising Practices of Near One Hundred Different Kingdoms and People in the World, Now Used in the Celebration and Consummation of Matrimony The Roman Catholics make a Sacrament of Matrimony, and in consequence of that notion, pretend it confers grace. The Protestant Divines don't carry matters so high, but say this ought to be understood in a qualified sense, and that Marriage so far confers grace, as generally speaking it confers repentance, which everybody knows is a step to grace. It must be confessed on all hands, that Marriage is the moa serious action that a man can engage in, and there fore we ought to think of it, as we do of our latter end, with fear and trembling. For this reason, I cannot endure to hear people pass their ill-natured jests, upon so holy an ordinance. If it is a man's good fortune to meet with a good wife, he ought to date his happiness in this World from that very moment; and if she proves not as he desires, he Ought to look over the catalogue of his sins, and interpret it as a visitation, or at least to take it patiently. For my part commend me to that gentleman, who having married a lady of an extraordinary capacity, never complained of his fate, nor made his spouse un easy, but honestly thanked God, that now he had a hole to put his head in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.