. Observations on the act for preventing clandestine marriages . (r r^. A- 7-< V ri ^t ,(( 1^ 4 1^ ^?-. H E Reader will excufe me in fay-ing, that this Adl was fafhionedwith a pure defign of obftrudlihgthe glorious method I had taken offerving my country ; if this hadnot been the cafe, why were not * Flete-marriagcs (or as they are often ftiled clande-ftine marriages) many years ago, before I cameinto Life, abolifhed. Wanted our forefa-thers wifdom or power ? No, they were trulyfenlible, that the door to propagation fliouldalways ftand half-open ; yea, ready on all oc-cafions to fly wide op
. Observations on the act for preventing clandestine marriages . (r r^. A- 7-< V ri ^t ,(( 1^ 4 1^ ^?-. H E Reader will excufe me in fay-ing, that this Adl was fafhionedwith a pure defign of obftrudlihgthe glorious method I had taken offerving my country ; if this hadnot been the cafe, why were not * Flete-marriagcs (or as they are often ftiled clande-ftine marriages) many years ago, before I cameinto Life, abolifhed. Wanted our forefa-thers wifdom or power ? No, they were trulyfenlible, that the door to propagation fliouldalways ftand half-open ; yea, ready on all oc-cafions to fly wide open, and welcome in all * The Prifon of the Flete, is fo called from a little rill whichencompaneJ it in the conquerors time, which in old records iswritten Fleta ; and our leaancd Antiquary Stow (hews it to beerroneous to fpell it thus: Fleet. B comers. [41comers J they wifely forefaw, that the richesand ftrength of this nation; the welfare andprofperity of Britain, was, and always wouldbe, the multitude, the ftock and increafe of itsinhabitants; for let me tell you, that one na-tive is far more valua
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