The case of insolvent debtors, and the charity due to them, considered. A sermon preach'd before the right honourable the lord-mayor, the aldermen ... governors of the several hospitals of the City of London ... on ... April 22, 1728 / By Thomas Lord Bishop of Bangor.

  • Sherlock, Thomas, 1678-1761.
Date:
1728
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Credit: The case of insolvent debtors, and the charity due to them, considered. A sermon preach'd before the right honourable the lord-mayor, the aldermen ... governors of the several hospitals of the City of London ... on ... April 22, 1728 / By Thomas Lord Bishop of Bangor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    M ATT HEW xviii. 2^J 30. And his Fellow Servant fell down at his Feet, and befought him, faying, Have Patience with me, and I will pay thee alL And he would not • but went and cad him into Prifon, till he fcould pay the Debt. H E N we confider the various Cala¬ mities and Diftrefles, under which many Perfons and Families labour; and their utter Inability to fupport themfelves under thefe Evils; it is fome Alleviation to obferve with what Diligence and Application Chriftian Charity has been at work to find proper Methods for the Comfort and Support of fuch as are in Mifery and Affliftion. This