An historical account of Thomas Sutton Esq.; and of his foundation in Charterhouse / By Philip Bearcroft.

  • Philip Bearcroft
Date:
1737
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An historical account of Thomas Sutton Esq.; and of his foundation in Charterhouse / By Philip Bearcroft. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    e worft, and flack in the better ? Suffer * you yourfelf, good Sir, for God's Sake., * for the Gofpel's Sake, for the Church 3 € Sake, for your Soul's Sake, to be ftirred € up by thefe poor Lines to a refolute and ‘ fpeedy performing of your worthy Interi- € tions. And take this as a loving Invh * tation fent from Heaven by an unworthy c Meffenger: you cannot deliberate long of ‘ fit Objefts for your Beneficence, except it c be more for Multitude than want: the * Streets, yea, the World is fulh How € doth Lazarus lie at every Door ? How € many Sons of the Prophets in their mean- € ly provided Colledges may fay, not mors 1 in olla, but Fames? how many Churches c may juftly plead that which our Saviour c bad his Difciples, The Lord hath need? * and if this infinite Store hath made your * Choice doubtful, how eafie were it to € fhew you, wherein you might oblige the c whole Church of God to you ? and make € your Memorial both eternal and bleffed i € or if you had rather, the whole Common- * wealth? € But now I find my (elf too bold and c too bufy, in thus looking to particular!- * ties: God fhall dired you, and if you fo!~ € low him, (hall crown you. Howfoever, D * if
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