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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44165	The good Samaritane A sermon preached at the parish-church of St. Magnus the Martyr, by London-Bridge, the 13th Sunday after Trinity, being August 25. 1700, upon the Holy Gospel for the day. Printed at the request of the church-wardens, and others of the chief auditors, and humbly dedicated to Sir Charles Duncombe, Knight, and alderman of the ward of Bridge. On account of the most unwonted sort of charity, and noble generosity, which the City of London, and particularly the parish of St. Magnus has lately tasted of. By Richard Holland, M.A. chaplain to His Grace the D. of Richmond, curate of St. Magnus, and lecturer of Alhallows the Great.	Holland, Richard, 1679-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing H2434; ESTC R215288	15,570	36

The Good Samaritane A SERMON Preached at the Parish-Church of St. Magnus the Martyr by London-Bridge The 13th Sunday after Trinity being August 25. 1700 upon the Holy Gospel for the Day Printed at the Request of the Church-Wardens and others of the chief Auditors And Humbly Dedicated to Sir Charles Duncombe Knight And Alderman of the Ward of BRIDGE On Account of that most unwonted sort of Charity and Noble Generosity which the City of London and particularly the Parish of St. Magnus has lately tasted of By RICHARD HOLLAND M. A. Chaplain to His Grace the D. of Richmond Curate of St. Magnus and Lecturer of Alhallows the Great LONDON Printed for J. Back at the Black Boy on London-bridge 1700. To the Right Worshipful Sir CHARLES DUNCOMBE Knt. Alderman and High Sheriff of the City of London and County of Middlesex And Mayor of the Ancient Corporation of the Merchant Woolstaplers of ENGLAND IN such an Age as this when Notions and Speculations Eat up the Practice of Piety when Noise and Clamour passes for Religion Covetous Pinching for great Sobriety and Moderation and Vnmerciful Severity for the Critical Clinch of Justice when Charity not only begins but always keeps at Home and few are the Examples of a Generous and true Evangelick Spirit Permit and Pardon me Noble Sir to make use of your Great Name to Patronize this mean Discourse upon the Good Samaritane and Recommend to the World those Christian Doctrines which the last Sundays Holy Gospel proclaimed to all good Men Doctrines which enoble the Soul and without the Practice of which Men cannot be Christians It 's Truth and Plainness is its best Recommendation and wellcom'd it to those Gentlemen who urged its Publication and those qualifications will oblige true Church-men For the Holy Gospel of the Blessed Jesus needs no flourishes and when most naked is always most Rhetorical and Convincing And they to whom it was Preached are truly Devoted to you as you have been pleased highly to respect them which that Noble Benefaction to our Church yet of General use and service to the publick will prove a brave and lasting Monument of They are of the Number of those who have done themselves the Honour to Elect you their Magistrate By which they have justified their Prudence and exerted a bravery equal to the Ancient Romans who taking good care to choose Wise and Noble Senators secured their Liberties from all violence and alienation maintained a glorious Magistracy to the enriching of their Fellow Citizens and provided wonderfully for all their Poor and Distressed And thus you have already done to the Honour of this great City the Joy and Satisfaction of all good Men in it and to the Comfort and Delivery of many Hundreds of the Indigent and Imprisoned Members of it This was a true Year of Jubilee to them and a beginning of a New Life when they now can work for their maintenance without fear or disturbance say their Prayers and thank God for their Deliverance without hurry or frightful perplexity and Contemplate Gods Mercy in raising them such a Benefactor who has delivered them from the dire usage that horrid discipline of Cruel and Imperious Jaylors And that thus it should be that God in all Ages does raise up Men for the Eminent Care of his his little ones his Poor despised and afflicted Members is a most admirable proof of his Goodness a great Argument and Instance of the Wisdom and Justice of his Providence It was perhaps the intendment of Almighty God in making such an In-equality in the outward Condition of Men in the World that those of Fortune on the Right hand should take kind Notice of those on the Left that so the Sick Poor and Naked may not seem to be forgot by their Maker when they are nourished by the Bountiful hand of those whom he has enabled and given a Heart to do great things You have been in a most Eminent degree already a Noble Patriot of your Country You have Fed and Clothed the Hungry and Naked You have opened Prison Doors and released Captives of Ancient Date You have been Physick to the Sick and a Cordial to the Faint a Father to the Fatherless Protection and Counsel to the Widow and a Friend to all that you could have true opportunity to serve And here I must not omit that great part of your Character answering The good Samaritane which the World ought to know and value you for That in your mighty Charities you have not been like the Jews to determine them to Party or Sect or Country But as God commanded who himself makes the Sun to shine and Rain fall on the Just and on the Unjust And as Christ by way of example Practised who Fed Cured and Relieved all manner of Miserable Men that came near him so nor has any ever been denyed your Assistance and Relief who was a true Object of your Charity because he was not of your Faith and Opinion And all this is doing what God commands 't is doing what Christ came into the World to teach Men to do this is acting like wise Men and good Christians 't is doing more than Scribes and Pharisees Go on Great Sir who thus have devoted both your self and Estate to the true Interest of the Nation the Service of this City the Incouragement of Justice and support of the Poor all which does tend to the Glory of God Go on to perfect these great Works of Mercy and Pity of Justice and Generosity And may you never want Power and Authority answerable to your Will and Ability whereby these Great Works will be more easily and cheerfully finished The Members of a Wise Corporation have but the other day chosen You their Head and Patron 't is a place of Trust and of Ancient State and Honour And by their Election they have ensured to themselves a Valuable Protector a Noble Friend and Faithful Governour And all Wise-Men who love their Country will follow their example and omit no Opportunity of Advancing such Men to Places of Trust Honour and Authority by which the Grandieur of their Renowned City will best appear the Citizens be most easily Govern'd the Affairs most Prudently and Honourably managed Generosity and Hospitality more Nobly maintain'd and the Poor and Distressed Cherished and Provided for So that Foreigners may again admire and our own Natives Glory in the Restoration of our own English Courage Hospitality and Charity It has pleased God to Bless you with a better Proportion of Health since the Fateague of that great Office you have so Honourably and diligently perform'd And That you may long enjoy a Continuance of the same to enable you to be yet more Eminent in publick Stations and having served your Generation to the Honour of the Rich Comfort of the Poor and good of all for many Years You may then be Translated to Receive your Reward in Heaven is the Prayer of Most Honoured Sir Your most Humble And