The retributions of charity. A sermon preach'd before the Lord-Mayor ... aldermen ... and the governors of the serveral hospitals in the City of London, at St. Bridget's church, on April 7, 1735 ... / [Richard Reynolds].

  • Reynolds, Richard, Bishop of Lincoln, 1674-1743.
Date:
1735
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Credit: The retributions of charity. A sermon preach'd before the Lord-Mayor ... aldermen ... and the governors of the serveral hospitals in the City of London, at St. Bridget's church, on April 7, 1735 ... / [Richard Reynolds]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Thefe Vagabond?, Beggars, have proper Relief, and are em¬ ployed in beating Hemp and wafhing Linnen; who by God’s Blef- fing and thefe Means, have been brought tp: a right Senfe of their Crimes: And many of them have reformed, and ufed an honeft fo¬ ri uilry afterwards for their Livelihoods. , Of the Children hefe educated fince -the Year 1701, there hath been difcharged and placed forth Apprentice to Officers of Ships, to Trades, and to Service in feveral good Families, (befides thofe men¬ tioned in the prefent Account) two thoufand four hundred and twelve; and within that Time fixteen thoufand nine hundred and twenty four Vagabonds, Beggars, £sY. (among which were feveral notorious Impoftors, pretending to be Lame, Dumb and Blind) have been committed, and punifhed with Confinement and hard Labour in the Manner above mentioned. - Of- the Children there has died two hundred and ninety feven, and of-'the Vagabonds one hundred and eighty nine. The Children and all others in this Work-Houfe, are required to. attend Divine Service Morning and Evening, which (in a convenient Place) is there regularly and duly performed. By the afore-mentioned- A61 of Parliament, Power is granted for the Prefident and Governors of this Corporation, (without Licence in Mortmain) to purchafe or receive any Lands, Tenements, and He¬ reditaments, not exceeding the yearly Value of three thoufand Pounds, of the Gift, Alienation or Devife of any Perfon or Perfons; and any Goods, Chattels, or Sums of Money whatfoever, to be applied to the Ufes aforefaid. But as yet the prefent real Eftate belonging to the faid Corporation (befides the Ground on which the Work-House is fituate) amounts to little ilnur one hundred Pounds per Annum; and the neceflary JExpence far exceeding the yearly Income, has very much increafed the Debts of .the Houfe, and prevented the farther good Defigns intended thereby : It is therefore humbly hoped, good and well-difpofed Perfons will be pleafed to encourage and charitably affift this moflufeful and beneficial Work; that fo, for the future, it may be render’d more ferviceable to the Publick, and carried on with greater Succefs: By which Means poor deftitute Children will be Edu¬ cated, Maintained, and Employed, and kept from the Diftrefs and Miferies thofe fuffer who want fuch an Education; and pilfering and other ftroling Vagrants, flurdy Beggars, lewd Night-walkers, and fuch other idle diforderly Perfons, being punifhed with Confinement and hard Labour, may (from thofe evil and very pernicious Pra&ices) be thereby corrected, retrained, and reformed. The Premifes are moft humbly recommended to your pious Con* federation. G 0 D's Providence is our Inheritance.
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