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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02194	A treatise of the great and generall daye of iudgement necessarie for euerie Christian that wisheth good successe to his soule, at that great and terirble day. By Henrie Greenwood, Master of Arts, and preacher of the word of God. With an addition of certaine godly prayers the contents appeare in the next page.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1606 (1606)	STC 12337; ESTC S119048	37,421	106

his speach vpon his death-bed Egredere anima agredere quid times quid dubitas that is Goe forth O soule goe forth why art thou afraid why doubtest thou thou hast serued Christ these seuentie yeares art afraid now 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 daye in 70. yeares how oughtest thou to quake and tremble if the iust shall scarce bee saued where shalte thou poore wretch appeare If the people of Israell trembled at the presence of God on mount Sinai when the Lorde gaue vnto them his lawe and as a Scheolemaister read a lecture to all the world how terrible will his presence bee when hee shall come and exact this lecture at thy handes howe thou hast conned the same If Iohn and Daniel at the sight of a mild Angel fel vpon the earth as dead how shalt thou poore sinner indure the presence of this terrible iudge If Haman could not abide the angrie countenance of King Ahasuerosh how shalt thou O wicked man abide the angrie countenance of this frowning iudge If Adam for the commission of one sinne ranne from god in greate feare and hid himselfe behinde the bush whither shalt thou O sinfull Adamite that haste committed as many sinnes as starres in skye as haires on head and sands by sea Immò horum numerus numero non clauditur vllo Yea the number of them is not to bee numbred whither I say shalte thou desire to runne and where shalte thou wish to hide thy selfe from this terrible iudge O saith Augustine mallent impii esse in inferno quàm videre faciem irati indicis The wicked had rather be tormented in hell than see the face of this feareful iudge Then shalt thou cry to the mountaines Cadite super me Fall vpon mee and to the hilles Abscondite me à facis sedentis super thronum ab ir a agni id est Hide mee from the face of him that sitteth vppon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. Then shall the booke bee opened videlicet the euidence of thy workes in this life recorded freshly in the testimonye of thyne owne conscience and in the true and infallible memory of Gods eternall wisedome then shall thy sinnes bee sett in order before thyne eyes heauen and earth shall witnesse against thee yea thyne owne conscience shall condemne thee and conscientia est mille testes Thy conscience is a thousand witnesses to condemne thee The Diuell shall pleade hard most pitifull wretche for thy soule and body accusing thee on this manner O iudex iustissime O most iust iudge thou hast in the aboundaunce of thy loue suffered many tormentes of hell vpon the Crosse at Golgotha for the redemption of this wretche 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 followe mee then thee rather to walke in iniquity after my example then in holynesse of life after thyne hee hath chosen to bee my seruant rather than thyne therefore what remayneth but that thou shouldest refuse him that refused thee and that I should receiue him to euerlasting torments that hath hitherto serued mee When thou poore soule shalte heere this pitifull Plea and confesse the same to bee too true what shall become of thee or whither shalt thou turne thee for comfort Alacke alacke thou shalt haue no hope of saluation for aboue thee thou shalt see the iudge angry with thee for thy sinnes and the blessed Angels reioycing and laughing at thy destruction benethe thee thou shalt see hell open and the fierye fornace ready to receiue thee to torment on thy right hand shall bee thy sinnes accusing thee on thy left hand the diuells readye to execute Gods iudgements vpon thee within thee shall lye thy conscience gnawing without thee the damned crue bewatling on euery side fire burning and then shalt thou receiue this lamentable sentence Goe from mee ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the diuell and his Angels Euery one of these wordes are able to cut thy heart a sunder Go from me hitherto I haue beene a Father to thee I haue bestowed many comfortable benefits vppon thee I haue had great care of thee but now goe from mee into torments inexpressible where thou shalt cry vnto mee but I will not beere thee in torment shalt thou lye comfortlesse in hell thy torment shall bee endlesse I will put a gulfe betweene thee and mee to make thy torments remedilesse thou shalt bee dying alwaies yet neuer dead thou shalt seeke death but neuer finde it thou shalt bee burning alwaies yet neuer burnt to death thy meate shall bee griping hunger and famine intollerable thy drinke shall bee lakes of fire and brimstone thy musicke shall bee howling and roaring of crying Diuels and weeping wayling and gnashing of teeth Yee cursed thou hast beene called hitherto by renowned and glorious titles as Prince Duke Noble Reuerend Maister c. but now thou shalt haue an other title thou shalt be called cursed cursed shalt thou be of God whose curse is panarum inflictio id est punishment cursed shalt thou be of all the blessed Angels in heauen whose curse is conscientiae cruciamen id est vexation of thy conscience cursed shalt thou bee of all the diuels in hell whose curse is poenarum executio id est the execution of thy punishment prescribed according to that of the poet Minos examen Radamanthus dat cruciamen tertius heu frater tertia iura tenet id est One diuell rippeth vp thy examination another diuell tormenteth thee the third is not behinde to adde one torment to another vppon thee Cursed moreouer shalte thou bee of all the damned crue whose curse is poenarum aggrauatio id est the augmentation of thy torment thus cursed shalt thou bee of all thinges for euermore Jnto euerlasting fire O miserable torment there were some comforte to the damned soule if these torments should haue end but that shall neuer bee O miserable wretche thou shalt bee bound hand and foote and cast into this euerlasting fire in respect of which fire all earthlye elementall fire is but as fire painted on a wall thy tormentes shall be endlesse easelesse and remedilesse Which is prepared for the diuell and his Angells Heauen was prepared for thee and not Hell thou wert borne to glory and not to torment but because thou hast chosen to followe the Diuell and not mee therefore Goe from mee yee cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the diuell and thee his wicked Angell where thou shalt lye weeping and wailing and gnashing of thy teeth for euermore The consideration of these things shoulde stirre vp euerye Christian to looke about him to