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A02186	Greenvvoods vvorkes contayned in fiue seueral tractates. 1. Of the day of iudgement. 2. Of the Lords Prayer. 3. Of the race to saluation. 4. Of the torment of Tophet. 5. Of the baptisme of Christ.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Treatise of the great and generall daye of judgement. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Race celestiall. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Tormenting Tophet. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Joyfull tractate of the most blessed baptisme. aut	1620 (1620)	STC 12329; ESTC S115797	129,145	422

dreadfull Maiesty bewayling bitterly all our offences committed against thee and quaking and trembling for feare thou shouldest in thy Iustice vtterly cast vs from thée into that wofull Lake that burnes with fire and brimstone Lord we confesse by birth our foule pollution by life our manifold transgression and therefore ashamed wee are that are but dust and ashes yea worse most lothsome and abominable sinners to come before thée or commence the least sute vnto thee that art a Maiesty most pure abhorring and seuerely punishing all that worke iniquity Therefore oh Lord our God wee most humbly beséech thee not to deale with vs according to thy iustice and our owne merits for then shall we be vtterly condemned but comming vnto thée as a child that feareth to bée beat for thy Christs sake with the ey● of pitty and fatherly compassion look thou graciously vpon vs behold vs in him in whom thy Iustice will soone turne it selfe into mercy thy frowne into fauour thine indignation into euerlasting saluation Lord for thy fauour now and euer we craue grant therefore to vs that aske for pardon of our sins at thy hands alone we séek grant that we may finde at thy gate of Saluation we earnestly do knocke good Lord therefore open vnto vs. But because thy sacred Word doth tell vs that thou wilt looke to none but those that are of a contrite heart and tremble at thy words Lord fit and prepare vs all by true humiliation to imbrace the sauing health of our soules grant gracious God that we may mourne our sinnes thorowly and lament our iniquities bitterly not so much because they might iustly condemne vs as that they haue so highly displeased thée and moued thy Maiesty to anger that hast béene so merciful a God vnto vs O giue vs hearts to grieue for that we cannot sufficiently grieue for our sinnes committed against thée And gracious Father we further intreat that we may not ●nely taste of the sowre of thy Law but likewise receiue in thy good time and in good measure the sweet and vnspeakable comfort of th● Gospell grant that thy Sonne Iesus may bée Iesus to vs all that his righteousnesse may couer our vnrighteousnesse that his death may bring our soules to life that in him and for his sake thou wouldest ●e well pleased to make vs thine by adoption to witnesse the same to our soules by the infallible testimony of thy blessed Spirit to work in our hearts a strong and resolute perswasion of Faith whereby we may graspe and hold fast this thy great mercy in Christ towards vs to the peace of our consciences in this life and the saluation of our soules in the life to come And holy Father for as much as all those that haue put on Christ are become new creatures grant vnto vs a new heart and renew a right Spirit within vs purge vs from our sinnes wash vs from our iniquities infuse thy sauing grace into our Soules whereby wee may dye to all that is euill and liue to all godlinesse of life all the dayes of our life to come Frame our hearts deare God to true and perfect obedience obedience being the best sacrifice that thou requirest oh grant that all our delight may be in thy Statutes that it may be euen our meate and drinke to walke in thy Commandements indeuoring alwayes and in all places to keepe a cléere conscience both towards thee and man Teach vs blessed Father to rely vpon thée alone by faith to feare loue honour and truely obey thee in wisedome and true sanctity to giue no worship from thee that is onely proper to thee reuerently to thinke and speake of thy most glorious name and word carefully to sanctifie thy Sabbaths and wholly set them apart for thy seruice Giue vs grace also thou that art the Author and giuer of all grace to carry our selues dutifully to man to honour and reuerently respect all our superiours both in nature and place to preserue and maintaine the good name goods and bodies of our brethren amongst whom we liue and not impaire hurt or maliciously massacre the same to keepe our selues chaste and vnspotted from all fleshly lusts and euery act of vncleannes iniuriously to take away no mans right or due to speake the truth and not to beare false witnesse against our brethren to be content with our owne estates more or lesse and not to repine at or couet that which is others O grant that our liues may bee vnreprouable before thée and men But because O Lord of our selues we are able to doe no good thing but it is thou that workest the will and the deed Lord therefore stand euer by vs with thy preuenting assisting and consequent grace whereby we may be able in some measure to do thy will on earth as thy Angels doe it perfectly in heauen Moreouer heauenly Father wee fully beléeuing our selues to be true and liuely members of that body mysticall whereof our blessed Sauiour is the Head doe earnestly desire at thy gracious hands the like mercy for the whole body of Christs Church as we beg for our owne soules Lord blesse and defend thy Church and Chosen in all Kingdomes of the earth wheresoeuer inlarge the bounds of thy Gospell increase the number of thy Saints daily adde vnto thy Church such as shall bee saued Blesse the Kings most excellent Maiesty with all spirituall blessings in Christ Iesus meet for so great and worthy a personage with the Prince and His whole issue in this Kingdome and beyond the Seas Grant that He may neuer want one out of his own loynes to sit vpon his Throne for the maintenance of thy Gospell till the comming of Christ in the clouds Blesse all afflicted members whether grieued in conscience troubled in body or persecuted for the Gospell according to their seuerall oc●●sions and need Blesse those that are neerer and dearer vnto vs in the flesh as are our Parents and kindred whether father or mother husband or wife brother or sister or childe with our Christian acquaintances and friends kéep them all and vs with them to thine euerlasting kingdome and saluation And in mercy good Lord this night looke downe vpon vs preserue vs and ours from all dangers bodily ghostly within doores and without giue vnto our bodies a comfortable rest and sléepe that they may be more able to do the works of their particular vocations before thee and swéet Lord watch euermore ouer our poore soules kéepe vs from sin and euill both sleeping and waking and when that sléepe of death shall fall vpon vs grant that our soules may wake to thy glory and saluation euerlasting and that for Christ Iesus his sake our onely Lord and euerlasting Redéemer to whom with thée and thy good Spirit three persons but one God wee heartily desire to offer vp all thanksgiuing and praise this euening and euerlasting Amen THe grace of our Lord and S●uiour Iesus Christ and the lo●● of God our heauenly Father and the most blessed presence of God the holy Ghost bee with v● all and within v● all both in Soule in Spirit and in body and with all things that remaine or belong vnto v● either within dores or without this ●ight and euerlasting AMEN FINIS

superbia quid diuitiarū copia What hath pride pronted him or what hath the pompe of riches done him good Alas these could not saue his Soule For as sayth the Psalmist a man by Psal 4● 67 his riches cannot redéeme his brother he cannot giue his ransome to God so precious is the redemption of soules and their continuance for euer And in Samuel we read That-kings are not exempted from the iudgments of God If yee doe wickedly yee shall 1. Sam. 12 25. perish and your King In the first Epistle to the Corinths wee may read who they are that are threatned with Tophet neither fornicators nor Idolaters nor adulterers 1. Cor. 6. 9. nor wantons nor theeues nor couetous nor drunkards nor extortioners shall inherit the Kingdome of God This is spoken of Kings as well as of others And in the Reu. wee finde Reu. 21. ● that the fearefull and vnbeléeuing the abominable murtherers and whoremongers and sorcerers Idolaters and all lyers shall haue their part in the Lake that burneth with fire and brimstone and this is spoken of the King as well as of the Btgger for the Lord in iudgement fréeth from hell not according to place but grace not outward condition but inward disposition Nay moreouer great men Noblemen and mighty Princes are not only lyable to Tophet but the greatest part of them shall to the diuell Not many wise men nor many mighty not many noble are called for as God 1. Cor. 1. 2● 1. 〈…〉 2. ● would haue all men saned and come to the knowledge of the truth i. some of all sorts some Iewes some Gentiles some Kings some Nobles some Preachers some Rich some Poore so of all these the greatest summe goe downe to Tophet Yet for all this great men must not bée reprooued forsooth the truth that maketh against them must not be imbraced of them Abner could not abide to heare Isbosheth 2. S●m ● tell him of his going in ●o Rizpah his father Sauls Concubiae Ahab hated Micaiah the sonne o● 〈…〉 Imlah for not prophesying as he said good vnto him The people cryed out in Esayes time Dicite nobis placentia placentia Esay 30. that is speake pleasing things vnto vs. The Priests and people of Anathoth let 11. 21. threatned Ieremy to take away his life if he prophested to them in the name of the Lord. Amaziah said to Amos the Prophet Amos 7. 12. 23. Goe bee gone prophesie in Iudah but prophesie no more in Bethel for it is the Kings Chappell and it is the Kings Court. They hated him that rebuked in the Amos 5. 10 gate and abhorred him that spake vprightly The people in the time of Micah liked Mica 2. 11. them well that prophesied to them of Wine and strong Drinke I pray God that the great Ones of this Land be not tainted with this corruption Well for mine owne part I had rather be stormed against for preaching Tophet to you here then ye should curse mee in Tophet hereafter for smoothing and flattering you Yet this reprehension of great men I would wish it might be done in wisdome and humility which I beseech Rom 12. ● you O King by the tender mercies of God reforme these and these things for some in this case are indiscréet and too too sawcy and rather exasperate the hearts of their hearers against them then winne them to the Lord by their exhortation Vse If then Kings and great men bee not exempted from Tophet what should this worke in them but obedience to that counsell of the Psalmist Bee wise now therefore O yee Kings Psal 2. serue the Lord in feare Looke vp to heauen acknowledge your selues subiects to a greater As the Lord hath honoured Kings aboue others so hee looketh for a greater returne of honour from them than from others for where the Lord gineth much there the Lord requireth the more Kings and Princes are the Kéepers Deu. 17. 18 of the two Tables of the Law of God and to them is committed from God the gouernment both of Church and Common-wealth they must therefore be carefull that the Word may runne very swiftly throughout euery Angle of their Realmes So shall God gaine Psal 147. an vniuersall glory and Kings themselues a more fiable subiection Kings and Queenes are called nursing Esay 49. 23 Fathers and nursing Mothers and al to commend vnto them the care they should haue of Gods glory and the good of their people Iosua was such a Ruler that remained Ios 24. 1● resolute and constant in the worship of God to his liues end Dauid prepared a place for the Arke 1. Ch. 15. 1. of God was carefull for the Church of the Lord. Iehoshaphat Ezechias and Iosias 2. Ch. 17. ● ch 29. 1 2. ch 34. 1 2. were reformers of their Kingdomes enemies to idolatry and graciously defended the Word of God And blessed be God for our Kings most excellent Maiesty who is maiesticall in his place in religion zealous in life vertuous and in mercy aboundantly gracious The Lord increase his graces in him the Lord anoint him with the oyle of Holinesse aboue his fellow Princes and the Lord kéepe him from this terrible Tophet and let all people that beare good will to this our English Sion to this my Prayer say Amen It is euen prepared for the King Secondly wée may here perceiue Obseru 2. Acts 10. with Peter that verily there is no respect of persons with God in iudgement he iudgeth the rich as the poore the father as the child the master as the seruant the King as the begger as the Prophet Dauid sayth With righteousnes shall he iudge the world and the people with equity Though wickednesse among men be Eccl. 3. 16. in the place of iudgement yet the Lord our God will deale iustly Though among men there is respect of persons to be had without which a confusion would and this is necessary to be vrged for men are full of contempt and too sawcy with them of superiour place and authority yet when all shall be summoned before the tribunall of God the Lord will indifferently procéede to iudgement without any respect of persons Vse And this should not only pull down the haughty minds of the noble who think for their greatnesse here it will bée easier for them hereafter than others but also this should bee an vnalterable president to all Iudges of the world As they sit in Gods place so they should imitate the Lord in iudgement this should make them obey the counsell of the Lord deliuered by the Prophet Dauid Bee learned yee that are Psal 2. Iudges of the earth O the care that Iehosaphat tooke for iust and righteous iudgement after he had made Iudges and set them in euery City of Iudah hee gaue them this charge Take heede what ye doe 2. Ch. 19. 1 6 7. for yee execute not the iudgements of man

glory killing vs thou dost but deliuer vs from 〈…〉 prison of our bodies thou shalt 〈…〉 remoue the rockes and moun●●i 〈…〉 their places then make vs 〈…〉 from the profession of the glorious Gospell of Iesus Such was the resolution of Sydrach Myshach and Abednego that rather then they would crouch to Nebuchadnezzars golden Image which wa● Dan. 3. 1 23. 60. cubits high they would be cast into the hot fiery Furnace which was made seuen times more hot then vsually it was for necessary vses Such was the resolution of blessed Paul that nothing could separate him from his LORD and Master CHRIST whose couragious vow we may find in his Epistle to the Romans on this manner Who shall separate Rom. 8. 35 33 39. vs from the loue of Christ shall tribulation or anguish or persecution or famine or nakednesse or perill or sword No verily for I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall bee able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord neither the loue which wee haue to God from ●● who are made his sons through Christ Iesus And ●ndeed that which Paul promised he performed for he was beheaded at Rome for the Gospels defence although the sword did separate his head from his shoulders yet it could not separate him from his head Christ Iesus Such was the resolution of the patterne of patience that though the Iob. 13. 15. Lord should kill him yet would he put his trust in him Such was the resolution of Ignatius Ignatius Bishop of Antioch after Peter that the rauening Beasts could not make him flinch from his Redeemer yea being commanded by the King of Sy●ia to bee torne in pieces of wilde Beasts and being led to the place of execution the vttered this golden sentence Nihil moror visibilium nec inuisibilium modo Iesum Christum acquiram id est I care neither for things visible nor yet for things inuisible neither for things seene nor yet for things not seene Onely this is my care that I may obtain CHRIST IESVS with him euerlasting saluation And when the Beasts were let loose vpon him these were his last words as saith S. Ierome I am Gods corne and the Ierome teeth of these wilde Beasts must grind me in pieces that I may be pure bread and fine manchet for Christ Iesus his Table in Heauen Such was the constant resolution of that good old woman Apollonia Apollonia that she chose rather to haue her teeth dasht out of her head willingly and to be burnt to ashes then to worship any other god besides the true and euerliuing God Yea this was the constancy of all holy Martyrs that they would rather indure a thousand deaths then shrink backe from the word of Life Peter Peter was beheaded for the Gospels defence Iames throwne downe from an Iames. high Pinacle and his head cleft asunder yea almost all the Apostles were put to grieuous deaths some were stoned some broyled some put to one death some to another Old Simeon that was cousin germane Simeon to Christ sonne to Cl●ophas and Mary Bishop of Ierusalem after Iames was nayled to the Crosse being sixe score yéeres old and more S. Cyprian beheaded at Sexti nigh the Cyprian City Carthage Polycarpe Bishop of Smyrna Disciple Polycarpe to Iohn was most pittifully tortured to death by fire yea for the space of 300. yéeres after Christ and more the Lord sent persecution ordinarily to his Church Willingly did these Saints suffer and ioyfully did vndergoe all these afflictions for the Kingdome of Heauen sake Hic vre hic seca vt in eternum parcas 〈…〉 Domine saith Saint Augustine i Here burne me Lord here slay me to spare mee hereafter Doe what thou wilt Lord with my body so that thou wilt spare my soule Vtinam saith S. Ierome ob Domini Ie 〈…〉 mei nomen atque iustitiam cuncta Gentilium turba me persequatur tribulet vtinam in opprobrium meum stolidus ●ie mundus exurgat tantùm vt ego mer●●d●m Iesu consequar id est I would to GOD that the whole Nation of the Gentiles Pagans and infidels would for the name of my God and for the glory of his Gospell persecute me and trouble me I would to God this mad and foolish world would rise vp against mee for the profession of Gods blessed Truth onely that I may obtaine CHRIST IESVS for my reward Ammonation Mercuria Dyonisia Ammonation with diuers other godly women wold run to the fire with their children as to a ioyfull feast or banquet thinking no greater glory on earth then to suffer for the Gospell of Christ And thus should euery man and woman as they tender the wel-fare of their deare soules resolue to suffer willingly and beare patiently whatsoeuer calamity may befall them in this heauenly Race considering the torments of Hell which by reuolting they shall vndergoe considering the ioyes of Heauen which they shall haue by patience and considering what others haue done before them as the Martyrs and what Christ hath suffered for them that so with perseuerance holding out to the end they may obtaine euerlasting blisse The Merchant wil thorow fire and water suffering no repulse that hee may haue his Pinnace fraught with plenty of pure gold at the Indian Hauen according to that of the Poet Impiger extremos currit mercator ad Indos Poet. Per mare paup●riem fugiens per saxa per ignes Id est The painfull Merchant aduentureth to the forraine Indians beyond the Seas thorow fire and water fearing nothing that hee may eschew pouerty and obtaine much treasure Euen so he that will haue the Pinnace both of Soule and body fraught with the siluer of all earthly prosperitie and with the gold of all celestiall felicitie must runne the ra●e that is set before him with patience leaping ouer the wall of all obuious afflictions perseuering till he commeth at the happy hauen of Heauen that then hee being more then Conquerour in CHRIST IESVS may triumph ouer Death Hell and Damnation saying with the Prophet Ero mors tua ● mors id est O death I will bee thy Hos 13. 14. death O graue I will bee thy destruction and with valiant Paul Death 1. Cor. 15. where is thy sting Hell where is thy victory Of necessity afflictions must méete with vs that runne in the high-way to heauen yea no man liuing can be fréed from them All that will 2. Tim. 3. 12. Act. 14. 22. liue godly in Christ Iesus shall suffer persecution wee must through many afflictions enter into the Kingdome of God Whom the Lord loueth he chasteneth H● 12. 6 ● and hee scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth wee are bastards and not sonnes if wee be free from