Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, and set Him on a And said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thy- self down; for it is written, that He will give His Angels ["St. Mary's Hospital was founded by Walter Brune, citizen of London, and others, 1197; in whose yard was a pulpit-cross of equal celebrity with that of St. Paul's. At the latter 'some special learned man' says Mr. Newcourt, by appointment preached on Good-Friday a Sermon treating of Christ's Passion; and on the three next Easter days the like learned men, to wit, on Monday a Bishop, on Tuesday a Dean, and on Wednesday a Doctor of Divinity used to preach in the forenoons, at the Spittle, on the Resurrection.' After the fire of London the Spital Sermons were preached at St. Bride's in Fleet Street, and the Good Friday Sermon in the choir of St. Paul's. On the south of the pulpit was a house of two stories, the first of which was for the Mayor and Aldermen when they came to the Spital Sermons, the second for the prelates who might attend." Gent.'s Mag. lxix. p. 590.] |