Francis Atterbury
Francis Atterbury
Francis Atterburywas an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was mistrusted by the Hanoverian Whig ministries, and banished for communicating with the Old Pretender. He was a noted wit and a gifted preacher...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 March 1663
christian country practice
The practice of all ages and all countries (whether Christian or heathen, polite or barbarous) hath been ... to do honour to those who are invested with public authority.
men good-man sake
Those good men who take such pleasure in relieving the miserable for Christ's sake, would not have been less forward to minister onto Christ Himself.
future this-life enjoyment
Nothing can be reckoned good or bad to us in this life, any further than it indisposes us for the enjoyment of another.
future world importance
The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty and importance.
heaven impossible another-life
It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this.
use charity life-is
What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations.
charity acts-of-charity smallest
The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead.
powerful incentives lasts
Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at the last dreadful day.
powerful temptation littles
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner; so that we are but little aware of them and less able to withstand them.
ministers priesthood nations
The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.
wise blessing community
A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever that relate to this life.
wise men order
It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.
degenerates hospitality madness
Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly.
men good-man temper
There is a variety in tempers of good men.