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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

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nec prece neither by bribes nor entreaties would not euery man in that Citie bee in great perplexitie and feare So feare this Iudge who shal come with thousands of Angels in great Pompe Maiestie Glory into the Citie of this world and iudge the greatest part of mankind to death and damnation sparing no man neither precio nor prece neither by bribes nor yet by intreaties a Iudge that will vse no partiality A Iudge that is able to destroy both 〈…〉 2. body and Soule in hell fire for euermore Feare this Iudge this terrible Iudge this iust Iudge this strict Iudge that will not suffer one idle word to escape in iudgement thou that hast offended this Iudge by thy manifold transgressions thou that hast deserued for them euerlasting torments in the pit of hell feare him quake and tremble before him at the hearing of this hard saying But I say vnto you that of euery idle word that men shall speak they shall giue account thereof at the day of Iudgement If Paul a chosen vessell and a faithfull seruant of Iesus Christ was afraid of this iudgement If the iust and vpright man Iob cryed out and said Quid agam quò me conuertans Iob ● 1● cum venerit Dominus ad iudicandum● What shall I doe O whither shall I turne mee when the Lord commeth to Iudgement If blessed Hilary who from the fourteenth yeere of his age serued the LORD in singlenesse of heart and in sinceritie of life to his liues end was afraid of this day as it appeareth by his speech vpon his death-bed Egredere anima egredere H●●●●ion quid times quid dubitas That is Goe forth O Soule goe forth Why art thou afraide Why doubtest thou ●ho● hast serued Christ these seuentie yeeres and art now afraid to depart If these holy men were afraide of this terrible day how oughtest thou O sinner that art defiled with sinne from top to toe that hast not serued thy God as thou oughtest one day in seuentie yeeres how oughtest thou to quake and tremble If the Iust shall scarce bee saued 1. Pet 4. 18 where shalt thou poore wretch appeare If the people of Israel trembled at Exo. 16. 18 the presence of God on Mount Sinai when the Lord gaue vnto them his Law and as a Schoole-Master read a Lecture to all the world how terrible will his presence be when he shall come to exact this Lecture at thy hands how thou hast conned the same If Iohn and Daniel at the sight of a Apoc. 1 1● Dan. 8. 17. milde Angell fell vpon the earth as dead how shalt thou poore sinner indure the presence of this terrible Iudge If Haman could not abide the angry countenance of King Ahasuerosh Hest 7. 6. how shalt thou O wicked man abide the angry countenance of this frowning Iudge If Adam for the Gen. 3 8. commission of one sinne ranne from God in great feare and hid himselfe behinde the bush whither shalt thou O sinfull Adamite that hast committed as many sinnes as starres in sky as haires on head and sands by Sea Immo horum numerus numero non clauditur vllo Yea the number of them is not to bee numbred whither I say shalt thou desire to run and where shalt thou wish to hide thy selfe from this terrible Iudge O saith Augustine Mallent Augustine impi● esse in inferno quàm videre faciem irati Iudicis The wicked had rather bee tormented in hell then see the face of this fearefull Iudge Then shalt thou cry to the mountaines Cadite super me Fall vpon me and to the hils 〈…〉 Abscondire me à facie sedentis super thronum ab ira Agni id est Hide mee from the face of him that sitteth vpon the Throne and from the wrath of the Lambe Then shall the Booke be opened videlicet the euidence of thy workes in this life recorded freshly in the testimonie of thine owne conscience and in the true and infallible memorie of Gods eternall wisedome then shall thy sinnes be set in order before thine eyes heauen and earth shall witnesse against thee yea thine owne Conscience shall condemne thée and Conscientia Psal 50. 11. Psal 50. 4. Rom. 2. 15. est mille testes Thy Conscience is a thousand witnesses to condemne thee The diuell shall pleade hard most pitifull wretch for thy Soule and body accusing thee on this manner O Iudex iustissime O most iust Iudge thou hast in the abundance of thy loue suffered many torments of hell vpon the Crosse at Golgotha for the redemption of this wretch thou hast offered him times innumerable redemption iustification and endlesse happinesse yet neuerthelesse hee hath despised thee and hated thy instruction and hath chosen rather to follow me then thée rather to walke in iniquity after my example then in holinesse of life after thine hee hath chosen to bee my seruant rather then thine therefore what remaineth but that thou shouldest refuse him that refused thée and that I should receiue him to euerlasting torments that hath hitherto serued me When thou poore soule shalt heare this pitifull Plea and confesse the same to be too true what shall become of thee or whither shalt thou turne thee for comfort Alack alack thou shalt haue no hope of saluation for aboue thée thou shalt sée the Iudge angry with thée for thy sinnes and the blessed Angels reioycing and laughing at thy destruction beneath thee thou shalt see hell open and the fiery Furnace ready to receiue thee to torment on thy right hand shall bee thy sinnes accusing thée on thy left hand the diuels ready to execute Gods iudgements vpon thee within thee shall lye thy Conscience gnawing without thee the damned crue bewayling on euery side fire burning and then shalt thou receiue this lamentable sentence Goe from me ye Mat 25. 41 cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the diuell and his angels Euery one of these words are able to cut thy heart asunder Goe from mee Goe Hitherto I haue bin a Father to thée I haue bestowed many comfortable benefits vpon thee I haue had great care of thee but now goe from me into torments inexpressable where thou shalt cry vnto me but I will not heare thee in torment shalt thou lye comfortlesse in hell thy torment shall be endlesse I wil put a gulfe betweene thee and me to make thy torments remedilesse thou shalt bee dying Apoc. 9. 6. Luke 6. 25 alwayes yet neuer dead thou shalt seeke death but neuer finde it thou shalt bee burning alwayes yet neuer burnt to death thy mente shall Psal 11. 6. Mat. 1● 4● be griping hunger and famine intolerable thy drink shall be lakes of fire and brimstone thy musicke shall bee howling roaring of crying diuels and wéeping wailing and gnashing of teeth Ye cursed Thou hast beene called Ye 〈…〉 hitherto by renowned and glorious titles as Prince Duke Noble Reuerend