A sketch of the life and character of the late Charles Brandon Trye, Esq. F.R.S., senior surgeon of the infirmary at Gloucester / by Daniel Lysons.

  • Daniel Lysons
Date:
1812
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Credit: A sketch of the life and character of the late Charles Brandon Trye, Esq. F.R.S., senior surgeon of the infirmary at Gloucester / by Daniel Lysons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    some of them, particularly that relating to predestination he has treated of at considerable length. The progress of his sentiments, and of his growth in virtue, may be traced by the various prayers and meditations which have been found among his papers; and it is a pleasing reflection, that the general tenor of his life, and his constant attention to the duties of religion, evince that God had granted his prayers, and confirmed his virtuous resolutions. In the year 1788, in consequence of an occasional, but, as it appears, a voluntary absence from public worship, he committed to paper the following reflections and prayer: ** Thus, at no season of this day, have I joined in the *' assembly of Christians, to offer up my prayers and praises to him on whose mercy and pleasure I depend for all my success in this world, and all my happiness in the next. *' I never feel my mind so easy, or my spirits so good, as •* when I have embraced an opportunity of being present ** at the service of the church. When I have neglected it, no '* necessary engagement preventing me, I feel a cloudiness hang about my mind, which company does not correct. ** That uncomfortable state of mind I have experienced *' this day; and to amend it a little, I have passed the af- '* ternoon with an intelligent acquaintance; but still my *' thoughts are disturbed, and I have an internal sensation of inexplicable distress. I have wasted this day, ^tis true, *' in idleness and in folly. I make this reflection at the ele- ** venth hour; but nevertheless my contrition, I will trust, *' comes not too late. God is merciful, long suffering, and *' of great goodness: he quencheth not the smoking flax.
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