A sermon preached at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on Thursday, April 4, 1754. On occasion of the anniversary meeting of the trustees of the Public Infirmary in James-street, Westminster / By John Butler.

  • John Butler
Date:
1754
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Credit: A sermon preached at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on Thursday, April 4, 1754. On occasion of the anniversary meeting of the trustees of the Public Infirmary in James-street, Westminster / By John Butler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 18 ] in Sicknefs, by the ftriking Contraft of every Provifion they can wifh for, to fupport them un¬ der their calamity. Before thefe Eftablifhments, bare Shelter would have been efteemed a Blefling by feme of them; but the Conveniences they are here furnifhed with, are fuch, as before they could hardly expedl to obtain, without a Miracle. And when the ingenious Invention of a truly Chriflian Philofopher, for conveying away the putrid Air, and admitting frefh into their Apart¬ ments, fhall have made its way, through the Pre¬ judices and Inattention of Mankind, into all the public Hofpitals' the Defign of the Contributors will be completely anfwered; and the Poor, that are admitted, will have no reafon to murmur at the unequal Diftribution of things; for Health is a greater Enjoyment to them, than it is to their Superiors, and Sicknefs will not be a greater Af¬ fliction. t But alas ! the Benefits of this Charity, exten- five as they are, are far from being equal to the Demands of the Poor, and I need not paint the Diftrefs of a deplorable Cafe, excluded for want of room, from the Refuge to which others are admitted, and from which many of them return glorifying God. Thofe who attend the Affairs of this Society, have frequently the melancholy Expe- >