A sermon preached before the governors of the Radcliffe Infirmary at St. Mary's Church in Oxford on Wednesday, July 3, 1771 / by the Right Reverend Robert Lord Bishop of Oxford ... ; to which is annexed an account of the establishment of the infirmary.

  • Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787.
Date:
1771
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Credit: A sermon preached before the governors of the Radcliffe Infirmary at St. Mary's Church in Oxford on Wednesday, July 3, 1771 / by the Right Reverend Robert Lord Bishop of Oxford ... ; to which is annexed an account of the establishment of the infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    neglefted and defpifed the ordinances of religion ? When fuch a perfon enters the general afiembly, gathered together in the place fet apart for the wor- Ihip of God; will he not be awed by the order, the decency, the folemnity, of the public devotions ? will he not be {truck with the appearance of fo many wretched fuppliants, in the fame hate of diftrefs with himfelf ? will he not be penetrated by the general voice of confefiion and fupplication, fo needful in his own cafe ? will not the fecrets of his heart be made manifeft ; and, falling down on his face, will he not confefs, that God is prefent with thofe that call upon him, and add with humble fervency his own addreffes to the throne of grace ? The feeds of religion, con¬ nate with the human mind, however uncultivated, however wilfully fuppreffed and fmothered for a time, can never be totally rooted out : and the heart of man, how obdurate foever, is hardly proof againft fo powerful, fo fearching a trial. Advice, confolation, exhortation, inftrudbion in righteoufnefs, duly admi- niftered in fuch a feafon, {hall, with the bleffing and grace of God, confirm the good refolutions, which awakened piety may have infpired ; and fo fix them on the fubdued and converted heart, as never after¬ ward to be removed, or Ihaken. When one of thefe fhall return healed to his own houfe, and fhall declare, what