As Swanton points out the repeated syntactic pattern is typical of "Latin homiletic rhetoric". [141a] geseted to symle - the idea of the feast of heaven probably derives from the parable of the (wedding) feast (see St Matthew 22: 2-14; St Luke 15:16-24); also Revelation 19:9 "Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb". However, it would also seem an image which fits naturally the cultural pattern of OE and the image of God as the Lord of retainers.