A brief account of the Hospital of St. Elisabeth annexed to the Imperial Monastery of St. Maximin, of the Electorate of Treves. Translated from the Latin [of 'Historia succincta Hospitalis St. Elisabethae']. With notes, and miscellaneous observations.

Date:
1786
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Credit: A brief account of the Hospital of St. Elisabeth annexed to the Imperial Monastery of St. Maximin, of the Electorate of Treves. Translated from the Latin [of 'Historia succincta Hospitalis St. Elisabethae']. With notes, and miscellaneous observations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And thus, with the wi/eji Counfels, With the Strength of Reafon and Virtue„ He defended Venice: Who found in him a furer Guard of her Liberties Than in Forts and Armies:— Leaving it doubtful to Mankind, Whether he were more to be admiredf Beloved, or revered. Secure of perpetual Fame From the well-deferving; And a fared in Heaven of an Fternity of Happinefs: Of Dijeafe regardlefs; Contemning Death; In Difcourfet Infir udlion, Prayer, and Contemplation p Exerci- bad djlinguijled themfelves in a great and public-fpirited AJfociation, they avowed and fupported their proceedings— “ Whereas it has been reprefented to this Committee, that the conduit of the Clergy who are members of this Affociation hath been cenfured from high authority, and that they have been given to underftand, that their late efforts in fupport of the Liberty and Conftitution of this Country, were foreign to the fundlion of a Clergyman, and not the road to Preferment. “Resolved, That a Proteftant by entering into holy orders, does not abandon his Civil Rights.” “Resolved, That the thanks of this Committee be given to thofe reverend Gentlemen, who, thus preferring the public good to their own private emoluments, have flood forth the firm friends to the true Interefts of their Country.” Rcfolves of the York AJpo„ elation at the meeting of the Committee i ]th of Ofi. 1781.*