Christian charity a rational duty. A sermon preach'd before the ... Lord Mayor, the Court of Aldermen, and the governours of the several hospitals of the City of London, in St. Bridget's church, on Easter-Monday, April 11. 1726 / By Richard Smalbroke.

  • Smalbroke, Richard, 1672-1749.
Date:
1726
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Credit: Christian charity a rational duty. A sermon preach'd before the ... Lord Mayor, the Court of Aldermen, and the governours of the several hospitals of the City of London, in St. Bridget's church, on Easter-Monday, April 11. 1726 / By Richard Smalbroke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . C5> (Hall moft certainly appear before his Tribunal and receive an irreversible Sentence of Eternal Happinefs or Mifery, according to our refpedive. Works and Behaviour in this Life, from the mouth of the very fame Perfon, inverted with the Character of the King of the World, the Saviour, and at the fame time the tremendous Judge of Quick and Dead. If then the mofl: important Subjeft can awaken our Confederation, or our natural third after Futurities can be gratified by the knowledge of a future Event of infinite Concern to usj the Words of our Text, which reveal the fecrets of Heaven it felf, moft juftly demand the greateft Reverence and Attention. And they more efpecially do fo, as they are fo properly applicable to the fo- lemn Occafion of the prefent Aflembly. I fhall therefore now enquire, from thefe Words of our Lord, Ftrft, Kow, and in what fenfe. Works of Charity, and efpecially thofe enumerated in the Text, are Rewardable by Jefus Chrift, the Judge of the World. Secondly, How, and on what grounds. Works of Charity, performed to indigent and differing Chriftians, are to be confider d as done to Chrift himfelf. Thirdly, Whether the general Precepts of Cha¬ rity, confider’d as Rewardable by Jefus Chrift, ought not to receive particular Limitations from the Nature and Reafon of the thing it felf. And