A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Sarum before the Visitor, President and other encouragers of the [Salisbury] General Infirmary on their first anniversary, Thursday, September 17, 1767 / [Thomas Greene] ; to which is added the prayer, pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Dodwell, on laying the foundation stone.

  • Greene, Thomas, Dean of Salisbury, -1780.
Date:
1767
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Credit: A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Sarum before the Visitor, President and other encouragers of the [Salisbury] General Infirmary on their first anniversary, Thursday, September 17, 1767 / [Thomas Greene] ; to which is added the prayer, pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Dodwell, on laying the foundation stone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ■ r ia ] of Charity out of a Senfe of Gratitude to God, producing in us an earneft Defire of Conformity to his Example, and Obedience to his Will and Commandments-This it is that gives Worth and Excellence to them, and conftitutes them truly religious Actions--We are told in Scrip¬ ture that in the Likenefs of himfelf did God create Man-In what then, may we alk, can this Likenefs confift ?-Not in Wifdom and Know¬ ledge-Not in Glory and Honour-Not in Might and Power-In what then can we re¬ ferable him, but in his Benevolence and Mercy ? ——And very remarkable it is to this Purpofe, that our Saviour in his Sermon on the Mount (as recited by St. Matthew) commands us to he perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect; which in the Parallel Place of St. Luke is rendered. Be ye merciful as your F at her alfo is merciful-Here¬ in fhewing that all the Perfections, we are capa¬ ble of imitating God in here, are his Mercy and Goodnefs. —-Here, indeed, we may imitate the moft glorious of Beings, and this in his moft lovely and adorable Attributes—--Here is Scope for the moft boundlefs Ambition, to be con¬ tinually