THE

FRUITS OF ENDOWMENTS;

BEING

A LIST OF WORKS OF UPWARDS OF TWO THOUSAND AUTHORS, WHO HAVE, FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT TIME, ENJOYED PREBENDAL OR OTHER NON-CURE ENDOWMENTS OF

THE CHURCH IN ENGLAND.

"LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN, AND OUR FATHERS THAT BEGAT US. THE LORD HATH WROUGHT
GREAT GLORY BY THEM THROUGH HIS GREAT POWER FROM THE BEGINNING. SUCH AS DID BEAR
RULE IN THEIR KINGDOMS, MEN RENOWNED FOR THEIR POWER, GIVING COUNSEL BY THEIR UNDER-
STANDING, AND DECLARING PROPHESIES: LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE BY THEIR COUNSELS, AND
THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF LEARNING MEET FOR THE PEOPLE, WISE AND ELOQUENT IN THEIR INSTRUC-
TIONS. RICH MEN FURNISHED WITH ABILITY, LIVING PEACEABLY IN THEIR HABITATIONS: ALL THESE
WERE HONOURED IN THEIR GENERATIONS AND WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES."---ECCL. xliv. 1--7.

"BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM."-MATT. vii. 20.

BY

LONDON:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY W. M'DOWALL, PEMBERTON ROW,

GOUGH SQUARE, FLEET STREET.

M.DCCC.XL.

1147.

In pious Memorial

OF

THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD,

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SERVICES OF

THE FAITHFUL LIVING,

WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO ALL WHO, MOVED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO LOOK UPON THE WANTS OF HIS CRUCIFIED SON'S YET WITNESSING CHURCH,

MADE PROVISION TO MEET AND OVERCOME THEM,

THIS RECORD,

OF THE LABOURS OF THOSE ENDOWED BY THEIR

FAITH, THROUGH THEIR HOPE, AND IN THEIR LOVE,

IS HERE PUT FORTH,

AND FOR THE ESPECIAL COMFORT OF ALL WHO LOVE AND PRAY FOR

THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.