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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43426	Domus carthusiana, or, An account of the most noble foundation of the Charter-House near Smithfield in London both before and since the reformation : with the life and death of Thomas Sutton, esq., the founder thereof, and his last will and testament : to which are added several prayers, fitted for the private devotions and particular occasions of the ancient gentlemen, &c. / by Samuel Herne.	Herne, Samuel.	1677 (1677)	Wing H1578; ESTC R10688	113,628	343

O Lord have mercy upon me for my sin is great If every moment we offend thee and can do nothing as we ought then how long must my Accusation be who have so many years repeated so many transgressions How dreadful must the thoughts of the Process of the Day of Judgment be unto me who have been so long an experienced sinner I faint at my own unworthiness and yet otherwise I cannot appear before thee O Lord I have no other qualification for thy mercy but my extream misery I am now brought very low to a vale of misery and tears surrounded with all the Chambers and Instruments of Death This dear Brother just deceased only shews the way that I must soon follow e're long I must repair to the House of mourning I must bid my last farewel to the world but wo and eternal sorrow will be my Portion if I dye in my sins and depart in thy displeasure Therefore out of the abundance of thy love pardon cleanse and reform my poor and sinful Soul send me thy sanctifying thy guiding and supporting Spirit that I may pass safely through the valley of Death in the lively sense of thy mercies and the refreshments of thy love in the hopes of pardon and the expectation of glory O thou ancient of days at whose voice the pillars of Heaven shake and the whole Creation trembles thou art my strength and defence in whom is my sole trust deliver my Soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling cleanse me from all my iniquities and purge me from my secret sins for Heaven is so holy a place that no impure thing can inhabit there teach me so to number the rest of my days that I may apply my heart unto Wisdom Here length of days is in her right hand and her ways lead to those rivers of joy which are at Gods right hand for evermore O Lord who art touched with a sense of my Infirmities let me not be afraid of the thoughts of Death that King of Terrours but soften its severity by a mild Commission sweeten its bitterness with the most pleasant relishes of joy and immortality My life I had of thee and all the blessings I have enjoyed ever since I came into the World O Lord make me willing to render them back again into thy hands Whom have I in Heaven but thee and I desire no other Saviour but thee Teach me often to meditate on Heaven that I may wish for it of Hell that I may abhorr it of Death that I may expect it and of the Day of Judgment that I may be prepared for it To thy mercy I appeal I fly unto thee for succour my sole dependance is on thy love I fear love reverence and adore thy goodness which is thy glory Blessed is the man whom thou choosest for though he seemeth to decay and perish to be a companion of death though the body wax feeble and impotent yet he lives the life of Faith he lives in the secure Courts of thy protection and the Guardian Angels pitch their Tents round about him Let not this be a short heat and suddain fit of Devotion raised by this late instance of mortality and the amazing thoughts of Death but may these exercises of piety continue and endure to my lives end For I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the Earth and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God Amen In the Morning before he stirs abroad O Lord God Almighty who makest the out-goings of the Morning and Evening to praise Thee I cannot but reverence and adore thy Divine Majesty for the Blessings of the last Night for my Preservation from all evils both of Body and Soul I laid me down and slept and rose up again for the Lord hath sustained me For I am a weak and aged Creature surrounded with Infirmities of Nature and seldom free from the assault of Temptations night and day Though my Limbs wax stiff and cold yet let my Soul be vigorous and fervent that like Jacob I may seem to wrestle with thee for thou delightest in the earnest and importunate Solicitations of thy people Now I am risen from my place of slumber teach me to look upwards to found my hopes on Thee to fix my eye upon that holy place from whence the day does break Bless me in all my endeavours and duties of this day that in every action I may have a regard to thy glory and the salvation of my own Soul Unto thee O Lord have I cryed and early in the morning shall my Prayer come before thee As long as I live will I magnifie thee on this manner and lift up my hands in thy Name O let me hear of thy loving kindness in the morning betimes for in thee is my trust Shew me the way I should walk in for I lift up my Soul unto thee I desire to dedicate the powers of my Soul the Affections of my heart and the Faculties of my Body to be thy Faithful Loyal and Obedient Servants Extend O merciful Father thy loving kindness over all the World especially this sinful Land of my Nativity Herein bless his most Excellent Majesty his Royal Consort and the Illustrious Prince let the Sons of Violence do them no harm Let Mercy and Truth preserve him and his Throne be establish't for ever before thee O thou who art the wonderful Counsellor and Prince of Peace Be gracious to thine Inheritance for the glory of thy Name let not thine Enemies devour the Church and lay waste her dwelling places Defend it with the Custody of Angels and the Patronage of Kings and Princes that She may flourish under the Beams of thy Favour and Providence take root and spread and fill all Lands that the whole Nation may be blessed with thy health and salvation Bless our Noble Governours under whose care and protection we live and are sustained Let thy Truth and Mercy be ever with them and when they have happily finish't their Course in this Life crown their Wisdom and Fidelity with Immortality and Glory Hear me for all those whom I am obliged to by the bonds of Duty Charity or Affection Pity all those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death preserve them in the midst of an untoward and sinful Generation Avert thy Judgments from us and soften the hearts of all our Enemies O Lord whom my Soul does desire and my Spirit seeks early in the morning How excellent is thy Name in all the World Grant me a pure intention of mind and a stedfast regard of thy glory in all my Actions Create in me sorrow for my sins thankfulness for thy benefits fear of thy Judgments and love of thy mercies that I may have a continual reverence for thy Name and be mindful of thy presence for evermore Every morning I draw nearer the last Stage of my Life therefore

Obijt Decemb. 12o. 1611 Aetati s Suae 79. Thomas Sutton Deo Dante Dedit F.H. Van Houe Sculp Domus Carthusiana OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST NOBLE FOUNDATION OF THE CHARTER-HOVSE NEAR Smithfield in LONDON BOTH Before and since the REFORMATION WITH THE Life and Death of Thomas Sutton Esq the FOVNDER thereof And his last WILL and TESTAMENT To which are Added several Prayers fitted for the Private Devotions and Particular Occasions of the Ancient Gentlemen c. By SAMVEL HERNE Fellow of Clare-Hall in CAMBRIDGE Bona Fama est propria Possessio Defunctorum LONDON Printed by T.R. for Richard Marriott and Henry Brome at the Gun in St. Paul's Church-yard the West end MDCLXXVII IMPRIMATUR Antonius Saunders Reverendissimo Archi-Episcopo Cantuariensi à Sacris Domesticis TO THE MOST REVEREND FATHER in GOD GILBERT Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury his Grace c. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE RIGHT REVEREND AND MOST WORTHY GOVERNOURS OF THE Charter-House May it please your Lordships AS your Honours bear a particular Relation to that Goodly and Noble Foundation whereof I design to give an Account I had been unjust if I had deprived your Lordships of the Patronage of That which is confirmed unto you by a Royal Hand for which you have his Majesties Letters Patent Therefore in your most Noble Breasts is justly lodged the Right and Management of this glorious and weighty Benefaction and the Trust is so judiciously seated that all Wise men conclude our Generous Founder added more Glory to the Reformed Religion by choosing such Honourable Patrons than ever he could expect from the single Instance of his own Bounty and so he is become a double Benefactor I find since the first Foundation a considerable accession of Revenues added by the care and diligence of your Lordships Wisdom as also a numerous Train of Excellent Orders made for the better Government and Regulation of the Members therein contained After all this I could not satisfie my self why all these Great and Magnificent Actions should lye dormant and be buried within the narrow bounds of this Religious House and not appear to the World in their full Beauty and Proportion Nor could I render any tolerable Account of this long continued Silence unless your Lordships labour to be as Eminent for Humility and a generous Contempt of Glory as you have approved your selves for Fidelity and Conduct Upon this Account I am bound to beg your Honours Pardon seeing I not only begin this way to Trespass but also add another Crime by presuming to undertake a Labour so much above my feeble Strength and Capacity However I am resolved in some measure to have a regard to my Duty as well as I can and recommend that to Posterity which it would be a Sin to conceal For I must needs declare I could do no less than pay this humble Acknowledgment to the lasting Glory of our Founder the deserved Honour of your Lordships and the Memory I owe to that Place wherein I had the Happiness to be Educated How often has the warm Influence of your Religious Cares visited these Walls of Retirement and refreshed the fainting Spirits of the poor Inhabitants This cannot but make you the happy Returns of Joy and Glory hereafter For the Interrogations at the last Day will relate to those Duties which now are the kind Purposes and constant Entertainment of your Souls That Heaven would graciously bestow on your Lordships a long Life and a continued Happiness with all the Blessings of this and the endless Joys of that World to come is the hearty Prayer of Your Honours most humble and most faithful Servant Samuel Herne THE PREFACE I Serve no other ends in piecing together these few Collections than to give an honest Instance of my Duty and Thankfulness for wherever any Obligation lies upon a man common honesty leads him to endeavour to pay the Debt Now seeing it is impossible for me according to my small Talent to discharge the Total Sum I am resolved as much as in me lies to make this publick Acknowledgment viz. to be just and thankful For the Apostle makes Ingratitude the Compendium of all Impiety 2 Tim. 3.2 in these two words unthankful unholy Thus you see the plain reason why I bestow my thoughts upon the Memory of this Great man to whom I and many others owe all we can express not that I reflect upon the silence of any man who for ought I know may in his private Closet give more substantial Testimonials of his Thankfulness than I can by this faint endeavour in a publick way besides though in general all men who receive favours are bound to be thankful yet I am apt to think every single man has as much right to choose the way of expressing his Thanks as he has a propriety to his Complexion and Fortunes In digging up the Foundations of Ancient and Religious Houses 't is usual to find Vrns and old Reliques of Men and Times sometimes the uncorrupted Carkass of a great and celebrated Person These and the like Curiosities are thought worthy to be exposed to common view if so this I hope may in part excuse my present Attempt For occasionally searching in the Dust and Foundation of the present Charter-house now and then I could not but meet with a Leg or an Arm some strokes of the Ancient Model some few fragments of the old Foundation But at last I met with the Original Grants and Charters for this Carthusian Monastery in the most elaborate Works of that Excellent Antiquary of our Age Mr. Dugdale Why therefore should I be so rude as not to take notice of Sir Walter de Manny whose Memory the very worms dare not assault Brit. p. 117. Says Cambden Fuerant Regnante Hen. 8. fas sit meminisse avitae pietatis monumenta c. Ille autem quasi Torrens rupto aggere irruit Orbe stupente Anglia ingemente omnia funditus prostravit p. 311. Latifundia sibi arripuit quae piissimo instituto ad Dei gloriam consecrata in Sacerdotum Eleemosynis Pauperum refectione captivorum Redemptione Ecclesiarum reparationibus per Ecclesiae scita expendenda c. I know an Attempt of this Nature is an Imployment far beneath men of singular Parts and high Atchievements yet in the advancement of Knowledge some body must moyl and drudge some Persons must clear and labour in the Foundation who though they seem buried alive and make no flourishes above ground yet they prove full as useful and beneficial to mankind Thus men awake Antiquity by searching into Dormitories and places of long repose thus they bring Mortar and unpolisht stone to be made smooth by a more curious hand to be placed in order by the sk●ll of the Great Surveyer Much of the same nature I conceive these lose and rude Collections to be and that they would puzzle the skill of another Inigo to bring them into shape and figure That which some Historians complain of is my comfort