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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17283	Sutton's synagogue, or, The English centurion shewing the vnparallelled bounty of Protestant piety / by Perci. Burrell ...	Burrell, Percival.	1629 (1629)	STC 4126.5; ESTC S258	18,879	33

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 fr●gality of his person I will conclude in the encomium of Pammachius framed by St. Ierome E●eemosynis diues humi●itate sub●mis Ier ad Pammachium de obitu vxer● Sutton was gentyle by birth high by humility and which is greatest honour Rich by charitable b●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 h●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 E●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 mak● his raigne prosperous on earth and glorious in heauen make this foundation a ●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 ●udge of the Admiraltie Doctor Donne Deane of Pauls Sir Richard Sutton Suruiuing Executor Sir Robert Dallington Master Mr. Thomas Browne Esquier

as there shall be one man vpon the earth let the memorie of our Founders be as a banquet among posterities I am not besides the cushion while in the Synagogue I honour Arts for whatsoeuer was in the Schoole was after a most eminent manner in the Synagogue but I haue stayed too long among the lower formes Now wee may heare a diuinity lecture or a sermon Cices As the Orator did desire another Crassus to decipher to the life the excellent worth of Oratorie so I confesse ingeniously that I heartily wish some powerfull and eloquent Apollo would lend mee a tongue to speake the admirable and soule sauing excellency of learned and deuout sermons As euery thing of price so the knowledge of diuine mysteries doth require trauaile Prayer meditation and song studie are expected in the preacher memory deuotion and attention in the hearer Hocker l. 5. Ecc. Pol. it is well obserued by that Oracle of our Church that we bring not knowledge with vs into the world and therefore the lesse opportunities or abilities the people haue in themselues the more they need the helpe and should be thankfull for the labours of learned ministers Christ was not onely the word but a Preacher nor did hee onely merit the crowne but direct his Auditors in the way of euerlasting saluation I may compare good sermons to Moses and Aaron conducting the Israel of Christians to the Canaan of heauen to the keyes of Dauid to the salt whereby conuersation is seasoned M●th ● 1●.14 1. Cor 1● or to light whereby the soule is guided the Apostle hath all It pleased God by preaching to saue them that belieue God hath giuen the heart and great is the number of our Synagogues God hath giuen the word and greater is the number of Preachers but where is the armie of conscionable hearers Chrysost the obedient sonne doth often visit the house of his father so the Saint doth frequent the earthly Mansion of his heauenly God Saluianus l. 5. Spernitur Dei templum vt con●urra tur ad theatrum but may not the complaint of Saluianus bee reuiued The Temple of God is despised and the stage more honoured Churches are empty but Tauerns and Brothel-houses are throngued A Recusant can haue no apologie art thou a sinner in the Temple thou shalt finde a Sauiour hast thou a bleeding conscience here shalt thou finde the Balme of Gilead art thou a Saint here shalt thou find God ready to establish thee Psal 122.1 Oh for the spirit of Dauid Hee was glad when they said vnto him they would go vp to the house of God The way to the Church triumphant in heauen lyeth through the Church militant on earth I will conclude this meditation with the word of Iacob which was vsually engrauen vpon the frontispice of ancient Synagogues The Temple is the house of God and the gate of heauen the Righteous will enter in and heare what the Lord will say vnto him and meditate what he shall say vnto the Lord and that is the second benefit of the Synagogue To honour God In vaine shall the most cloquent Apollos touch the care of man by Sermons vnlesse the eare of God bee m●●●d for a b●●ssing by prayers Prayers are the Alpha and Omega ●f all religious exercises in sermons God vouchsafeth to sp●a●● to man in prayers man is admitted to speake to God in sermons God descendeth vnto man in prayers man ascendeth vnto God Sermons are the seed from whence g●od prayers spring prayers are the deaw which make sermons flourish wherefore as the two Tables and the po● of Manna were in the Arke so the Tables of sermons and the Manna of prayers are conserued in our Synagog●e I dare not aduenture vpon the copious diuision of the Apostle and shew vnto you the difference and the excellencies 1 Tim. 2.1 of prayers intercession supplication and thanksgiuing onely thus Prayers 1 Supplicat●rie for blessings to be obtained 2 Gratulatorie for blessings receiued First of Supplication Supplications are the Iacobs ●ather where by the soule mounteth vp to heauen they are the delight of God and the happinesse of man zealously to ●eseech is powerfully to command thus did Iacob wr●s●le with the Lord and triumph nay the kingdome of heauen inuiteth and suffereth violence the p●easing violence of importunate and strong supplications The omnipotent Maiestie whose title is inuincible loue●h t●●●e euer come by an Army of humble suppliance Would you ●●e vic●orious o●er your insolent enemies prayers are the most prosperous Souldiers While Moyses holdeth vp his hand the troopes of Amalecke fall to the ground let vs therefore furrow our cheekes with an inundation of teares and beleaguer the Lord of Hoasts with our continuall prayers let our deuoutest supplications sharpen the swords of our Souldiers prosper the designes of our Commanders beautifie the Crowne of our religious Soueraigne and continue a roome for euery man of this Iland to sit vnder his owne vine Cry mightily vnto God and pray instantly for the well faire of Ierusalem Would you bee blessed with the pardon of your sinnes with the hidden Manna of a peacefull conscience with a crowne of eternall glory or with what euer the magnificent hand of God can conferre Prayer is the price and the Temple the house of prayer Psal 48.9 We will pray and wayt for the louing kindnesse of our God in the midst of his Temple Now of Thanksgiuing in the Temple euery man speaketh of the praise of God and no maruaile for as St. Augustine largely No penne Aug. ep 32. it ep 77. no tongue can bee better employed then in expressing no heart no soule then in conceiuing the great debt of our thankefulnesse vnto God such and so infinite is the bounty of our God that night and day with bended knees inflamed hearts and wel tuned tongues Arnob. l. 1. we ought to pay the hourely tribute of our deuoutest praises What can God do more then crowne man with louing kindnesse what can man do lesse then exalt God with thankfulnesse no man so poore but he may no man so great but hee should offer this cheape yet pretious incense To this end Altars Temples Synagogues Churches are raysed to this end man and Angels created that God may receiue the glory of praises In all things giue thankes for 1 Thess ● 18 therefore was our Synagogue builded Apply The building is a Synagogue It is not onely lawfull but commendable to call vpon and praise the name of God in our priuate families and secret closets but the greatest blessings do accompanie the sacrifices of a Synagogue that is a Congregation The Lord is in his glory when he is inclosed with the greatest multitude of petitioners Oh that men would praise the Lord in the assembly of the Elders Psal 107.32 in the midst of the Synagogue Againe each soule should be a liuing a holy Temple God indeed is the Lord of heauen and