Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London From the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 (Volume 3); To Which Are Added, Illustrations of the Changes ... Style and Versification, and Various Particu - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. The following letter, printed from the original ient to me by Mr. Richardson, is a proper introduction to the charities noticed in this work. u Good Brother, £ Her Majesty having been pleased in the brief which she has granted for the relief of the poor Palatines, whom the French cruelties on the frontiers and other hardships on the account of their religion have driven from their own country to seek shelter here; a copy of which brief you will herewith receive, 'to recommend it in a particular manner to all the archbishops and bishops in England and Wales, to give particular direction and commands to all parsons, vicars, and curates, of the several parishes within their respective dioceses, for the advancement of that charitable work, I send this letter to you, in obedience to her majesty's commands, hoping that it would have been otherwise superfluous for me to write to you touching this ministering to these distressed Christians: for you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich: you know who hath given commandment, that he that loves God love his brother also: you know who it is that reputes himself to suffer in the person of his members, and of those more especially who are persecuted for his sake and the truth of his gospel. Whoso then hath this world's goods, aiid can see these our brethren, brethren on many accounts, as men, as Christians, as reformed Christians, exposed to the extremest need, and that for their stedfast adherence to the truth as it is in Jesur, how dwelleth the love of God in him? "We do and may glory that Our church has deservedly the character, not only of the bulwark of the Reformation, but of the common refug...