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Sutton's synagogue, or, The English centurion shewing the vnparallelled bounty of Protestant piety / by Perci. Burrell ...
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Burrell, Percival.
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STC 4126.5; ESTC S258
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poore in relation to his worth then my eleemosinary state in comparison of his wealth Tacitus shall bee my pleader in his prologue to Agricola Tacit. Commend and admire others Pardon me while I indeauour to awake our blessed Founder and lead him through the fiue roomes of my text first you shall discouer Who and what our Founder is He The builder of the Synagogue a Centurion our Founder more a Mr. of the Ordnance a Gentleman of Ancient descent of liberall education a man rich in Arts famous in Armes for the former he was so aduanced in good letters that he appeared the most compleat man of his times for discharging the office of a learned wise and able Secretary to the most Honourable Peeres of this Nation and what abilitie hee had sucked from the Vniuersity in speculation he did with credit practise vnder famous Warwicke and great Leicester These were the first paths that lead to Suttons greatnesse and our happinesse for his other honours from Armes if you obserue the time of our Centurions imployment in the field you may know there was a time when forraigne religion was the patronesse of domesticke rebellion when two Northerne and superstitious Earles durst display the Romish ensigne against inuincible Elizabeth then then was this famous sonne of Pallas aduanced to the command of the Ordnance and gaue a happy probatum of his loyalty valour and wisedome here I suppose hee learned to honour and resolued to cherish Military men but you will enquire from what myne his infinite treasures did arise I can informe you from prosperous merchandizing from the great farme of all the mynes about Newcastle and from the wisedome of his vertuous frâ—gality of his person I will conclude in the encomium of Pammachius framed by St. Ierome Eâ—eemosynis diues humiâ—itate subâ—mis Ier ad Pammachium de obitu vxerâ— Sutton was gentyle by birth high by humility and which is greatest honour Rich by charitable bâ—unty Now to his building He built He was a great and good builder not so much for his owne priuate as for the publike his treasures were not lauished in raysing a Towre to his owne name or erecting stately Pallaces for his owne pompe and pleasure the sustaining of liuing temples the endowing of Colledges the enriching of Corporations the building Causwayes and repairing of high-wayes Aboue all the foundation of King Iames his Hospitall at his sole and proper charge were the happy monuments of his architecture surely this was to bee a Mogarensis in the best sense that is to build for euer Hee did fulfill the letter of the Apostle in building Gold Siluer Peruse our Founders Testament and Pretious stones for he commanded Plate and Iewels to bee sold and conuerted into money for the expediting of our Hospitall I shall not mention thousands conferred vpon friends and seruants but these legacies ensuing merit a lasting memory in the renowned Vniuersity of Camb. to Iesus Colledge 500 Markes to Magdalen 500 pound for the redemption of prisoners in London 200 pound for the encouragement of Merchants 1000 pound to bee lent gratis vnto tenne beginners nor was his charity confined within these seas but that Westerne Troy stout Ostend shall receiue 100 pound for the reliefe of the poore from his fountaine To trust the Minister is to hâ—nour him in all these his piety was very laudable for in many of these acts of bounty his prime repose was in the conscionable integrety of the Priest in those places where he sowed his benefits certes this was to build as high as heauen now obserue his expedition He Hath built Expedition is commendable in laudable enterprizes and euen in this our Founder had his honour While his Wife liued his house was an open Hospitall and when she expired he was frugall in his owne family that he might proue the more magnificent to many Origen perswadeth that our Sauiours aduise to leaue all had not so full an ayme at the effect as the affection and herein our Founder merited ample honour for if any questionod him where he would employ his great estate his diuine and constant reply was that his bread must be cast vpon the waters i. vpon the watery cheeks of the neglected poore Moreouer hee procured an Act of Parleament for a Mortmaine for the establshing of an intended Hospitall in Halling-bury in the County of Essex but a more noble Spirit prompting him to restore that Charterhouse to true religion which was formerly sacrificed to superstition Suttons case by Sir Ed. he became an humble sutor to King Iames of blessed memory to vouchsafe to be the Royall God-father of this royall foundation whereunto that learned letters and Scholler louing King Cooke Founders wil. did gratiously condescend and confirmed our Founders bounty vpon vs by his Letters Patent and the broad Seale this being done memorable Sutton chargeth nay adiureth his Executors and ouerseers as they shall answer before the tribunall of Iesus Christ that they imploy their best endeauours in hastening and reducing into act his intended charity would you heare more I haue it from honourable authority that if the thred of our Founders life had beene continued somewhat longer his vote and purpose was to haue beene the good Master of our great Society So much for expedition Now view the Synagogue Our Foundation may be esteemed rather a glorious Temple them a Synagogue and rather a City then a Temple but I will not steppe beyond my bounds in a Synagogue we found formerly Instruction and Deuotion for deuotion those reuerend heires of our Founders magnificence twice euery day visit our Synagogue and ascend in soule to heauen by zealous prayers and vnfained thanksgiuings such is our strict obseruance of the daily seruice that wee may seeme neerer vnto the Cathedrall then the parochiall congregation on the Lords day Iesus is faithfully though plainly preached in our Synagogue For instruction here ingenuous children do daily sit at the feet of their learned teachers but of these heerafter Wee finde in the sacred Oracles a frequent mention of Masters of Synagogues The great Master of our Synagogue is fixed vpon the most honoured grandies of our State and the most reuerend Prelates of our Church they who sit at the Helme of our kingdome are gratiously pleased to steere guide the goodly Shippe of renowned Suttons charity and here wee may note the wisedome of our Founder who made choyse of such honourable and powerfull gouernors who were able and ready to maintaine his bequest and honour his foundation it is the glory of our noble gouernors and the happinesse of our Society that no cunning aduocate no greedy Lord could vndermine our foundation and what was nobly begunne is honourably continued by them for fatherly and mercifull iustice let no Court no state compare with our gouernment All all deserue our thankes to them our hearty prayers for them the poore sheepheard shall and the religious flocke must importune God for a blessing vpon them Great Manours good manners confirmed by whose wisedome and goodnesse many blessings are conueyed vnto vs the Vicegerent of this grand Master is the right Worshipfull Sir R D. Knight whose prouidence hath adorned our Chappell with Organs and beautified the walkes and seuerall roomes of our ample foundation Relinquet marmoriam Now obserue the Members of this Synagogue For Vs Our body hath one Master Seuerall Officers as Preacher c. of whose institution you may read at large in Suttons Case Suttons Case Published by one of our Gouernors Sir Edward Cooke Seuerall cohabiting members Aged men who haue hazarded their blood or impaired their state by warres or suffered losse by Sea fourescore Seuerall cohabiting members Hopefull children carefully instructed in the learned tongues and humane Arts lecently cloathed plentifully dyeted connueniently lodged 40 Besides these The faithfull prouidence of Sir Rich. Sutton Knight hath purchased lands from whence twenty foure Academians receiue annuall pensions in both our renowned Vniuersities Here is a Protestant Briefely very nigh two hundred daily feed vpon our Suttons bounty I shall conclude with the charge of Darius Day by Day we haue our portion without faile Eâ—ra 6.9 that we may offer sacrifices of sweet sauour vnto the God of heauen and pray for the life of our religious Prince and Patrone King Charles and thus do we pray O thou King of Kings cloath all our Soueraignes enemies with shame but vpon his head let the Crowne flourish makâ— his raigne prosperous on earth and glorious in heauen make this foundation a â—ynagogue of deuout men seruing thee in all peace and holinesse so long as the Sunne and Moone shall endure through Iesus Christ our Lord To whom with the Father and the holy Spirit all power maiesty mercy wisedome and blessing be ascribed for euer and for euer Amen FINIS A Catalogue of the names of the Right Honorable Right Reuerend and Right Worthy Gouernors of King James his Hospitoll founded by Thomas Sutton Esquire The most Reuerend Father in God the Lord Arch Bishop of Canterbury his Grace Suruiuing ouer-seer The Right Honourable Lord Couentrie Lord Keeper Lord Priuy Seale Earle of Manchester Lord Steward Earle of Penbroke Ld. Chamberlaine Earle of Mongomery The Right Reuerend Lord Bishop of London Lord Bishop of Ely Lord Bishop of Lincolne The Right Worshipful Sir Edward Coke Sir Randolph Crew Sir Robert Heath his Maiesties Atturny generall Sir Henry Martine Deane of the Arches and â—udge of the Admiraltie Doctor Donne Deane of Pauls Sir Richard Sutton Suruiuing Executor Sir Robert Dallington Master Mr. Thomas Browne Esquier
they will informe â—â—u that a Soâ—â—â—â—er and a Saint may haue but one 〈◊〉 so as not Abraham the father of the faâ—â—hfâ—ll a miliâ—arâ— mâ—â— was not Dauid a Souldier bâ—foâ—â— a Prâ—phet or a King did not hee rayse that Temple in his heart which was after finished by the 〈◊〉 oâ— Solâ—â—on Heb. 1â— â—â— 3â— 4. â—hat shall I more say For the time would faile me 〈◊〉 â—ll you of Ioshua of Gidion and of Samsoâ— of Ahâ—z and Iehosaphat who subdued Kingdâ—â—es waxed â—thâ—â— in fight put to flight the armies of â—â—iens conquered themsâ—â—â—â—s and did not onely ereâ—t Altars â—â—o but we eâ—â—uing Temples of the Lord If you looke into the Gospeâ— Luke 3.14 you may obserue the Souldier a more aâ—tentiue â—â—â—itor of Iohn the Baptist then â—he Râ—bbie after â—he ascensioâ— you may behold a most â—minent Saâ—â— in Câ—â—tainâ— Corneliâ—s Acts 10.2 He was a deuout man and one thaâ—â—â—red God withall his house hee gâ—ue much almes to the peoplâ— and prayed God alway if we 〈◊〉 Ecclâ—â—â—â—â—tâ—call Histories wee shall finde the bâ— tâ—o â—â—â—â—â—s the â—â—st â—â—n Iulians thundring â—â—gion Constantiâ—◠〈◊〉 Great and the victorious as well as piâ—â—â— Theodâ—â—◠〈…〉 â—rne â—he zeale and faith of our â—â—â—â—ion 〈◊〉 â—ethe Sâ—â—ne of God with admiration Math. â— â—0 â—as St. Aâ—â—ustine exâ—orâ—â—eth Christ did k â—ugâ—st â—p 4â— admire â—hat is comâ—â—â—nd the pietâ— of our Captaine thus we â—e a â—â—â—â—diâ—â— may â—a Sâ—â—nt If râ—â—sâ—n mâ—ght â—e pâ—â—mâ—â—ted to discourse of the seâ—â—et one â—atiâ—â—◠〈…〉 should diuine hatâ—â— orâ—◠〈…〉 â—â—rdinall vertue but a principall a â—undamâ—ntall grace therefore Christ entitled a Captaine the strong man in one word he who was a Lambe for meâ—kâ—nâ—sse was also a Lâ—â—n for courage but it mayâ—â— you are tyred with following our Centurion therefore I shall now intreat him to come home to you with an application Here we learne Saints may beare Armes An obseruation concerning warrs and they who beare Armes may be Saints warre is not vnlawfull where the cause of warre is iust cowardly and cruell is that opinion of Anabaptisticall spirits which condemneth warre and damneth the Souldier for as l Christiana dâ—sciplinâ— bella nâ—â— culpat omâ—â— ep 5 Merâ—â—llino St. Aâ—gustine Christian religion doth not prohibit all warres elegantty m Nihiâ— militants nocet baâ—theus ep St. Ierome The Souldiers belt is no enemy to the sword of the Spirit the coate of mayle no superâ—â—dâ—as to the brest-plate of righteousnesse nor the head-piece of steele any obstacle to the helmet of saluation heare n Hâ—c reprehendere titâ—â—dorum est non religiosorum contra Faust Mani c. 74. St. Augustine againe What is the crime what is the greatest misery of warre by an honourable death in the field to preuent a foule at best a more painefull death amidst personate mourners in a Chamber Vpon this ground to censure the military profession is a character rather of a Coward then a Saint Take away the hunger of rapine the thirst of reuenge and the boundlesse desire of inlarging dominions A Christian may with as safe a conscience be a Souldier as a Minister Thus wee see a Centurion maâ— be a Saint Againe Oh that all Souldiers The application did march vnder our Centurions colours for then shall Kingdomes be happy and Martiall affaires prosper when deuout men are Souldiers or Soldiers are deuout men but alas what hopes of viâ—torâ— when as the Armies encounter an Enemie so Souldiers warre against God and the crying and vnrepented sinnes of the people fight against the Souldiâ—â—â— All histories are plentifull in this point and St. Ambrose maketh it a rule Ep. 82. that the sinne of the Souldier sharpeneth the Sword of the Enemy there was a time when the euening was a prophet to the following day Haralds troopes imployed their last night in reuellings and lasciuiousnesse but the companies of William of Normandie did blesse their designes with prayers and fasting and so became conquerers Hezekiah Ahaz and Iehosaphat went from the Temple to the field or rather made the field as a Temple wherein they proued triumphant not so much by fighting against Man as by humbling their soules before the Lord of hoasts K. Charles blessed be our Iehosaphat who hath commanded fasting and humiliation to bee as the Heralds of his no lesse iust then necessary warres this point shall end in a short eiaculation O thou God of battails arme our forces with truth meekenesse and righteousnesse then shall their hands doe terrible things and their feet shall tread vpon the necks of thy Gospels our gratious Kings and these Kingdomes Enemies The Centurion hath put off his Armor and now beginneth to build here is the second branch building He hath Built p 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys in 1. Cor. 3. Building must accompanie faith and in this one word of building we shall finde the seuerall furnitures roomes and stoaries of all the duties of Christian religion the Apostle is plaine Let all things be done to edification q Caeleste adificium dispere gendo construitur Gr. M. hom 37. There is an euident difference betweene celestiall and terrestiall buildings terrene houses are raised by collecting heauenly mansions are framed by distributing monies and we may coniecture that our incarnate Messiah was pleased to bee the putative Sonne of a Carpenter that as Christ was so each good Christian should endeauour to be an holy builder In goodly buildings we must finde A foundation This is Christ the liuing the life giuing the chiefe corner-stone the foundation of foundations here the builder vpholdeth the worke or rather is the basis of his owne structure would you see how Christ was squared and adapted for this edifice obserue those no lesse busie then cruell labourers his stony-hearted tormentors the rods were as the Masons brushes the crosse the forme whereon they carue and hew their stones their hands the mallets the nailes the thornes and speare the seuerall tooles to polish and fit this stone for a foundation vnto our heauenly Mansion The maine Pillar Hope the Wals Charity the Cement the Word preached the Windows Knowledge the Roofe Faith For the Furniture the most conuenient Hangings are meditations vpon our Sauiours Passion Resurrection Ascension and his glorious returne to iudgement the Chayres and Beds are Loue the seuerall vtensiles or other ornaments are Meekenesse Temperance Patience c. There is a sentence no lesse famous then difficult concerning the materials of this building 1 Cor. 3.13 the Fathers are diuided in their dispute whither this place concerne the doctrine of the Preacher or the conuersation of the Auditor r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 St. Chrysostome is firme for the latter him I follow while he writeth that this text doth point at the actions of Christians now read the words If any man build vpon this foundation 1 Cor. 3.12 13. Gold Siluer Pretious stones Wood Hay Stuble euery mans worke shall