. ,xvo, .6 aiaett ., STERRY. \ 347 his native county, and was. preferred to the vicarage of Leeds, with the free consent of Mr. Robinson, the legal vicar, who had been driven' away during the national con- fusions. Here he met with kind reception, and was highly honoured by the magistrates and people, for his excellent practical preaching. Though he was a puritan, he was a person of great loyalty, and had the courage to pray pub- licly for the king, then in a state of exile. He died a little before the restoration, and, March 16, 1660, MS remains were interred in his own church. Mr. Christopher Nesse, afterwards one of the ejected ministers, was his lecturer ; and Dr. Lake, afterwards bishop of Chichester, was his suc- cessor.. Mr. Thoresby says, he had in MS. his " Catechism preparatory to receiving the Lord's Supper," which he styles, " solid and judicious." He had also some of hi$ sermons in MS. and had seen several volumes of them, written by the aldermen and others, his devout hearers. He had likewise in his possession his judgment concerning several matters in religion, attested by Mr. Hill of Rother- ham, who, in the presence of Mr. Wales and Alderman Maxon, wrote it from his own mouth a little befcre his death.t PETER STERRY, B. D.-This zealous minister was born in the county of Surrey, and educated in Emanuel college, Cambridge, where, in the year 1636, he was chosen fellow. In 1643 he was appointed one of the assembly of divinesfor the city of London, and gave constant attendance during the session. Hewas afterwards one of Cromwell's chaplains, and is styled "a high-flown mystical divine." He lived till after the restoration of King Charles, when he is said to have held a conventicle in London. It is further observed, that he and one Sadler were the first who were observed to make a public profession of Platonism in the university of Cambridge.t During the national confusions Mr. Sterry appears to have been a zealous and firm advocate in the cause of the parliament. He frequently preached at Whitehall § and before the parliament, on which occasions he declared his sentiments without the least reserve. As these sentiments Palmer's rioncon. Mein. vol. iii. p. 441. + Thoresby's Vivaria Leodiensis, p. 96-98. t Baker's MS. Collee. vol, vi. p. 84. - § Edwards's Gangrana, part ii. p. 119.
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