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A05581	A briefe relation of certaine speciall and most materiall passages, and speeches in the Starre-Chamber occasioned and delivered the 14th. day of Iune, 1637. At the censure of those three famous and worthy gentlemen, Dr. Bastwicke, Mr. Burton, and Mr. Prynne. Even so as it hath beene truely and faithfully gathered from their owne mouthes, by one present at the said censure.	Bastwick, John, 1593-1654.; England and Wales. Court of Star Chamber.	1638 (1638)	STC 1570; ESTC S101052	21,742	33

pierced his head pricked with thornes his side goared with a Speare c. Was not the Crosse more shamefull yea and more painfull then a Pillary Was not hee stript of all he had when he was left starke naked upon the Crosse the Souldiers dividing his garments and casting lots upon his vesture And was hee not confin'd to perpetuall close imprisonment in mans imagination when his body was layd in a Tombe and the Tombe sealed least hee should breake prison or his Disciples steale him away And yet did hee not rise againe and thereby brought deliverance and victory to us all so as we are more then Conquerors through him that loved us Here then we have an excellent Patterne indeed And all this hee uttered and whatsoever else hee spake with marvailous alacrity One sayd unto Mr. Burton Christ will not be ashamed of you at the last day Hee replied Hee knew whom he had beleeved and that Christ was able to keep that he had committed to him against that day One asked him how hee did Hee said never better I blesse God who hath accounted mee worthy thus to suffer The Keeper keeping of the people from pressing neere the Pillary hee sayd Let them come and spare not that they may learne to suffer This same Keeper being weary and sitting him downe asked Mr. Burton if he were well and bad him be of good comfort To whom hee replied Are you well If you be well I am much more and full of comfort I blesse God Some asked him if the Pillary were not uneasy for his neck and shoulders Hee answered How can Christs yoake be uneasy This is Christs yoake and he beares the heavier end of it and I the lighter if mine were too heavy hee would beare that too O good people Christ is a good and sweet Master worth the suffering for And if the world did but know his goodnes had tasted of his sweetnes all would come and be his servants and did they but know what a blessed thing it were to beare his yoake O! who would not beare it The Keeper going about to ease the Pillarie by putting a stone or a bricke-batt betweene Mr. Burton sayd Trouble not your selfe I am at very good ease and feele no wearines at all And espying a young man at the foote of the Pillary and perceyving him to looke pale on him Hee said Sonne Sonne what is the matter you looke so pale I have as much comfort as my heart can hold and if I had need of more I should have it One asked him a while after if he would drinke some aqua vitae To whom he replied that he needed it not for I have sayd he laying his hand upon his breast the true water of life which like a well doth spring up to eternall life Pawsing a while he sayd with a most cheereful grave countenance I was never in such a Pulpit before but little doe ye know speaking to them that stood about him what fruits God is able to produce from this drye tree They looking stedfastly upon him hee sayd Marke my words and remember them well I say Little doe you know what fruites God is able to produce from this dry tree I say remember it well for this day will never be forgotten and through these holes poynting to the Pillary God can bring light to his Church The Keeper going about againe to mend the Pillary he sayd Doe not trouble your selfe so much But indeed we are the troublers of the world By by after some of them offering him a cup of wine He thanked them telling them he had the wine of consolation within him the joyes of Christ in possession which the world could not take away from him neither could it give them unto him Then he looked towards the other Pillary and making a signe with his hand cheerefull called to Dr. Bastwicke and Mr. Prynne asking them how they did Who answered Very well A woman said unto him Sir every Christian is not worthy this Honour which the Lord hath cast upon you this day Alas said he who is worthy of the least mercy But it is his gracious favour free gift to account us worthy in the behalf of Christ to suffer any thing for his sake Another woman said There are many hundreds which by Gods assistance wou●d willingly suffer for the cause you suffer for this day To whom he said Christ exalts all of us that are ready to suffer afflictions for his Name with meeknes patience But Christs military discipline in the use of his spirituall warfare in point of suffering is quite forgotten and we have in a manner lost the power of religion in not denying our selves and following Christ as well in sufferings as in doing After a while Mr. Burton calling to one of his friends for a Handkercher returned it againe saying It is hott but Christ bore the burthen in the heate of the day Let us alwayes labour to approove our selves to God in all things and unto Christ for therein stands our happines come of it what will in this world A Christian friend sayd to Mr. Burton The Lord strengthen you To whom hee replied I thanke you and I blesse his name hee strengthens For though I am a poore sinfull wretch yet I blesse God for my innocent conscience in any such crime as is laid against mee and were not my cause good and my conscience sound I could not enjoy so much unspeakeable comfort in this my sufferings as I doe I blesse my God Mistris Burton sends commendation to him by a friend Hee returned the like to her saying Commend my love to my wife and tell her I am hartely cheerefull and bidd her remember what I sayd to her in the morning namely That she should not blemish the glory of this day with one teare or so much as one sigh She returned answer that shee was glad to heare him so cheerefull and that shee was more cheerefull of this day then of her wedding day This Answere exceedingly rejoyced his heart who thereupon blessed God for her and sayd of her Shee is but a young Souldier of Christs but shee hath already endured many a sharp brunt but the Lord will strengthen her unto the end And hee having on a payre of new gloves shewed them to his friends there about him saying My wife yesterday of her owne accord bought me these wedding gloves for this is my wedding day Many friends spake comfortable to Mr. Burton and hee againe spake as comfortably to them saying I blesse my God that called me forth to suffer this day One said to him Sr. by this Sermon your suffering God may convert many unto him Hee answered God is able to doe it indeed And then he called againe to Dr. Bastwicke and Mr. Prynne asking them how they did Who answered as before Some speaking to him concerning that suffering of shedding his blood Hee answered What is my blood to

Christs blood Christs blood is a purging blood but mine is corrupted and polluted with sin One friend asked another standing neere Mr. Burton If there should bee any thing more done unto him Mr. Burton overhearing him answered Why should there not be more done For what God will have done must bee accompished One desiring Mr. Burton to be of good cheere To whom hee thus replied If you knew my cheere you would be glad to be partaker with mee for I am not alone neither hath God left me alone in all my sufferings close imprisonment since first I was apprehended The Halbertmen standing round about one of them had an old rusty Halbert the Iron whereof was tacked to the staffe with an old crooked naile which one observing and saying What an old rusty Halbert is that M. Burton said This seemes to mee to be one of those Halberts which accompanied Iudas when he went to betray apprehend his Master The people observing Mr. Burtons cheerefulnes and courage in suffering rejoyced and blessed God for the same Mr. Burton said againe I am perswaded that Christ my Advocate is now pleading my cause at the Fathers right hand and will judge my cause though none be found here to plead it and will bring forth my righteousnes as the light at noone day cleere my innocency in due time A friend asking M. Burton if he would have bin without this particular suffering To whom hee sayd No not for a world Moreover he sayd that his conscience is the discharge of his Ministeriall duety and function in admonishing his people to beware of the creeping in of Popery Superstition exhorting them to sticke close unto God the King in duties of obedience was that which first occasioned his sufferings sayd as for this truth I have preached I am ready to seale it with my blood for this is my Crowne both here and hereafter I am jealous of Gods honour and the Lord keepe us that wee may doe nothing that may dishonour him either in doing or suffering God can bring light out of darkenes and glory out of shame And what shall I say more I am like a Bottle which is so full of liquor that it cannot runne out freely So I am so full of joy that I am not able to expresse it In conclusion some tolde him of the approach of the Executioner and prayed God to strengthen him Hee sayd I trust hee will why should I feare to follow my Master Christ who sayde I gave my Backe to the smiters and my cheecke to the nippers that plucked of my haire I hidde not my face from shame and spitting for the Lord God will helpe mee therefore shall I not bee confounded I have set my face like a flint and I know that I shall not bee ashamed When the Executioner had cut off one eare which hee had cut deepe and close to the head in an extraordinary manner Yet this Champion of Christ never once mooved or stirred for it though he had cut the veyne so as the blood ranne streaming downe upon the Scaffold which divers persons standing about the Pillary seeing dipped their Handkerchers in as a thing most precious the people giving a mournefull shout and crying for the Chyrurgeon whom the crowd and other impediments for a time kept off so that hee could not come to stop the blood This Patient all the while held up his hands and sayd Bee content It is well blessed bee God The other eare being cut no lesse deepe hee then was freed from the Pillary and come downe where the Chyrurgeon waiting for him presently applyed remedy for stopping the Blood after a large effusion thereof yet for all this hee fainted not in the least manner though through expense of much blood hee waxed pale And one offering him a little wormwood water hee sayd It needs not yet through importunitie he onely tasted of it and no more saying My master Christ was not so well used for they gave him Gall and Veniger and you give me strong water to refresh mee blessed be God His head being bound up two Friends led him away to an house provided for him in Kings Street where being set downe and bid to speake little yet hee sayd after a pawse This is too hot to hold long Now lest they in the roome or his wife should mis-take and thinke he spake of himselfe concerning his paine hee sayd I speake not this of my self for that which I have suffered is nothing to that my Saviour suffered for mee who had his hands feete nayled to the Crosse And lying still a while ●●e tooke Mr. Prynnes sufferings much to heart and asked the people how he did for said he his sufferings have beene great He asked also how Dr. Bastwicke did with much compassion and griefe that hee being the first that was executed could not stay to see how they two fayred after him His wife being brought to him behaved herself very graciously towards him saying Wellcome Sweet heart wellcome home He was often heard to repeate these words The Lord keepe us that we doe not dishonour him in any thing AMEN D. Bastwijcke