Honoured Sir,  
THat the works of Mercy and Charity are the fruits of Piety, is the undoubted Tenent of all Christians, grounded upon the clear proofs of Scripture: 58 Is. the whole chap.  
And that the fruits of Piety should be always fresh and flourishing, is as clearly evidenced in holy writ: 92 Ps. 12, 13, 14.  
And then most especially, when the Lord God hath been seen in the Mount, in the time of Eminent and Imminent danger and distress; and hath given signal deliverances, by imparalleld Victories both by Sea and Land: 68 Ps. per tot.  
Therefore you are most humbly, and earnestly entreated, that you would be pleased, to call upon the Grand Act for employing, and relieving the Poor of the whole Nation: which (after ten months' conception) for some weeks hath been dormant (in the Birth) upon the ingrossement; And without your assistance may prove abortive: Together with the afterbirth thereof; An additional Act for the Corporation for the Poor of the City of London, without which the newly laid foundation in their work, (in which (by the blessing of God) they have made some good progress) will be in danger to be demolished.  
These things are humbly proposed unto you in the Name of the Corporation aforementioned,  
By your most humble Servant EDWARD ODLING ἱατρόσ Solicitor for the said Corporation.