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
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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.

    26/32 (page 22)
    gularity and Quiet, with which the]' fee thefe *. t x Charities conducted, can hardly fail to make them fenfible of the great Advantages arifing from De¬ cency, Order and Difcipline, and to put them upon wifhing and endeavouring to introduce and ► g . *• maintain fomething of the fame Kind within their own little Families.'-When they are them- * r • > ~ * ■ ■ r felves Witneffes of the Care and Attention, of the Time and Expence, which Perfons of the firft Rank and Fortune willingly beftow upon their Comfort and Relief, they muft by Degrees grow »* * r r * afhamed of their wild Notions of Equality and • **r f •-% f Independance; they muft fee the Ufefulnefs and * Necefiitv of Subordination, and Submijjion to Superiors, and the Benefits that accrue to all from the various Circumftances of Human Life.— Were all equally rich and powerful, all would be equally poor and impotent; all would be mife- rable and diftrefied-For in this Cafe to whom could any one apply for Help and Protection ?— i The Spiritual InftruCtions like wife, which are adminiftered to them in thefe Schools of Adverfity