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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

they goe thorow some narrow cranny or other to loosen their skinnes and cast them within foure twenty houres So shouldest thou put off the old man Col. 3. 9. with all his workes And to doe this thou must goe Per strictam rimam poeniten●iae id est Thorow the narrow cranny and straight gate of amendment Meditate therefore with the Iust Psal 1. 2. man in the Law of God day and night Let the candle of faith burne cleere in the lampe of thy heart and nourish it with the oyle of loue and good works Walke not in the counsell of the wicked Psal ● ● stand not in the way of sinners ●it not in the ●ea●e of the scornefull but runne in the Race of 〈…〉 well that liuing well thou maist dye well and after death eternally spéede well obtaining that blessednesse Blessed Apoc. 13. 14. are they that dye in the Lord. So run tha● ye may obtaine Text. And that wee may run in the race of Godlinesse one Caueat is exceeding necessary namely that wee auoid wicked company which will draw away our hearts from this Race Celestiall Qui ●angit picem co●●quinabitur Eccles 13. ab ●a id est Hee that toucheth pitch shall bee defiled therewith Cum sancto san●●us eris cum peruerso peruerter●s id est With the holy thou shalt bee holy and with the ●●●ward thou shalt learne frowardnesse for birds of a feather will flye together It was not lawfull for a lew to conuerse with a S●●ari●ane if an Hebrew did ●a●e with an Egyptian it was counted an abomination so must we ●o●nt it abomination and hold it a point of reprobation to frequent the company of damned hel-hounds and hellish miscreants Let vs therefore flye all occasion and euery apparition of euill let vs delight in the company of those that ●eare the Lord and excell in vertue Well therefore saith Seneca Cum illis versare qui te meliorem S 〈…〉 sunt facturi vel quos meliores ●ffi●er● possis id est Keepe company with those that may make thee better or whom thou maist make better I command you therfore brethren 2. Thes 3. 6 as saith S. Paul in the name of our Lord IESVS CHRIST that ye withdraw your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately and not after the instruction which yee receiued from me And to conclude this point I giue euery Christian this good counsell with good King Salomon My sonne if Pro. 1. 10 11 1● c sinners doe entice thee consent thou not If they say Come with vs wee will lay wait for bloud wee will swallow vp the Innocent wh●le like a graue wee s●●ll finde all precious ri●he● and ●ill ou● ho●●● wi●h ●poyl● 〈…〉 n thy lo● among ●s we will haue all ●ne pu●se My s●nne w●lke not thou in the way with them refrain● thy foot from their path for their feet runne to euill and make haste to shead Iob. ●9 23. 24. bloud O that these my words were written O that they were written in a booke O that they were written with an iron pen in Lead or in stone for euer O that they were ingrauen in brasse Table of euery young mans heart that so bad company may not be his destruction So run that ye may obtaine Text. Secondly if we will run to obtain we must run Celer●●er seu feslinanter swiftly and speedily Vita breuis vita longa saith S. Bernard Bernard si ●●s ●d metam peruenire incipe celeriter currere id est The liff of man is very short the way to heauen is very long if therefore thou wil● obtaine thou must run exceeding swiftly We sée that those that runne in an earthly race and that but for a mean reward how swiftly doe they straine themselues to runne according to that of the Poet Qui cupit optatā cursu contingere metam Poet. Multa tulit fecitque miser suda●it alsit Id est Hee that desireth first to touch the Marke taketh much paines sweateth abundantly and runneth exceeding swiftly Euen so should we that wee may obtaine an euerlasting reward in heauen runne in the path of Gods Commandements being shod with the shooes of the Gospel of peace like Roes excéeding swiftly The senselesse creatures are a 〈…〉 king-glasse to all Christians in 〈…〉 respect The Sunne as sayth the Psalmist Psal ● like a Gyant reioyceth to run his race that is valiantly and swiftly swift in his motion and speedy in his race for in the space of 24. houres hee compasseth the earth round about that nothing is hidden from him and passeth from the one end of heauen to the other that nothing is wanting in him So the Lord our God hath set euery man his task vpon earth which is To worke out his saluation wi●l feare and trembling A great worke a short time a long way from Egypt to 〈…〉 from the gates of hell to the doores of heauen therefore like Gyants we ●ad need to runne swiftly lest we come too late and bee shut out of heauen like the fiue foolish aforesayd Virgins As the Sun in the heauens is a looking glasse vnto vs in this regard so is also the Son of God Christ ●esus aboue the heauens to be imitated o● vs all in this point Omnis Christi actio 〈…〉 ●●str● deb●t esse instru●●io id est Euery action of Christ ought to be a matter of imitation to vs Christians As hee was I●mensus maiestate in 〈…〉 bilis ●●r 〈…〉 so was hee in 〈…〉 is celer●●●●● id est As hee was ●●●at in Maiestie incomparable in 〈…〉 o was ●e ●lso incomprehen●●●le ●● celeri●●e and swiftnesse Hee 〈…〉 w●ought the wo●ke● of him that ●ent 〈…〉 y without ●●y delay in the world This Bridegroome Christ Iesus ●●●n as the Su●●e went forth out of the Chamber of the highest Heauens from the bosome of the Father and from the inuisibility of the Diuinity and descended downe to the earth and became Man and was like vnto Man in all things sinne onely excepted and valiantly in the Wildernesse pitched a field against Satan that old Serpent and roaring Lyon and ouerthrew him in the Desart breaking his wyly head and ouercomming his chiefest power fulfilled the Law in euery point and tittle satisfied Gods Iustice for vs appeased his wrath against vs purchased celestiall mansions to vs by offering himselfe in Sacrifice to the Lord of H●sts vpon the Crosse at Gol●o●ha for the sinnes of the whole world by his death and passion by vanquishing hell by conquering death by his glorious resurrection and ascension and by sending of the Holy Ghost Hee Io● 16. 28. went from the ●ather and came into the world And in short time yea in the space of 33. yeeres wrought the redemption of all beleeuers And left this world and went againe to his Iob 1● 28. Father The Spouse of Christ considering her Husbands great velocity celeritie Can. 2.

might haue béen fréed from hel and how often they haue béen inuited to Heauen and they would none but now when they would they cannot And this worme biteth and gnaweth on the bowels of these miserable men for euermore The will also shall be most grieuously tormented with a furious malice against God and against the Elect. And in this their cursed estate they shal recurse curse God againe because hee made them and making them adiudged them to death and dying they can neuer finde death they shall curse his punishments because hee punisheth them so vehemently they shall curse his benignities because they are sawced with contrary seuerities they shal curse Christs bloud shedde vpon the Crosse because it hath bin auaileable to saue thousands and nothing auailable to saue them they shall curse the Angels in Heauen and the Saints in blisse because they shall sée them in ioy and themselues in torment cursings shall be their Hymnes and howlings their Tunes blasphemy shall be their Ditties and lachrymae their notes lamentations shall be their Songs and scriching their straines these shall be their euening morning yea mourning songs Moab shall cry against Moab father against child and child against father that euer he begate him Vae vae vae Reu. 8. Vae prae amaritudine vae prae multitudine vae prae aeternitate poenarum id est Woe in regard of the Bitternesse wo in regard of the Multitude and woe in regard of the Euerlastingnes of the torments of Tophet Now therefore I may truely say of all the damned crue as our Sauiour sayd of Iudas It had beene good Mat. 26 24 for him if he had neuer been borne So it had béen good for the damned if they had neuer béen borne or if they must néeds haue a being they had bin toads or serpents that so they might neuer haue knowne these vnspeakable sorrowes of Tophet I cannot but muse at a company of wicked hel-hounds that will vse these execrable words Would I were damned if euer I knew of this or that God damne me body and soule if I do it not Alas alas full little do these wretches know what it is to bee damned if they did vnderstand aright they would be hangd vp before they would vse these fearefull speeches vnlesse they meant with the moth-slye neuer to be at quiet till they haue ●lipt their wings in those flames I therefore conclude this part with Pro 〈…〉 〈…〉 ●● 〈…〉 alib 3. ●● 12. the admonition of Prosper who wisheth all men to thinke how great an euill it is to be excluded the presence of God to be banished from Heauen and cast into euerlasting fire with the diuell and his angels to see no light but feele excessiue heate to bee drowned in the deep Lake of Gehenna to be eternally torne with most greedy worms To thinke on these things saith hee is a sure way to renounce all vice whatsoeuer and hée that will not be brought to lay to heart these I leaue him to féele the smart of them for euerlasting The sixt part of the description of The sixt part And much wood Obseru Tophet is set downe in these words Much wood Wherein is noted the eternitie of the torments of Tophet The Perpetuity of these torments is euery where mentioned in the book of God The Prophet Daniel speaking of the condemnation of the wicked addeth perpetuity to their shame saying Some shall awake to perpetuall shame Dan. 12. 2. and contempt S. Marke speaking of the vexing worm addeth perpetuity to the gnawing of it their worme neuer dyeth Mar. 9. 24. S. Paul addeth to the perdition of the wicked perpetuity also Their Perdition is euerlasting 2. Thes 1. 9. Saint Iude addeth the like That they Iude. suffer eternall fire And Saint Iohn doth adde vnto the Reu. 20. 10 lake perpetuity The diuell was cast into the lake where he shall be tormented day and night for euermore Thus we sée that the torments of hell are infinite ratione sinis without Reu. 9. 6. end and though they séeke death yet finde it they shall neuer Thus shall they be like a man that Simile is to bee pressed to death who calleth for more weight more weight to dispatch him of his paine but alas hee must not haue it So in hell they shall cry for death and goe without it As the Psalmist speaketh of Gods mercy That his mercy endureth for euer Psa 136. so the damned may say of his Iustice that his iustice endureth for euer There were some comfort to the damned soules if these their torments might haue end but that shal neuer be that is that that breaketh the hearts of the damned no torment in hell comparable to this of perpetuity what neuer haue end neuer O this is such a torment that the damned themselues are not able to expresse It is a common saying But for Adagium hope the heart would burst but they are shut out of all hope and therefore who can expresse their torments O saith a heathen man God shall once giue an end to these euils but the damned shall neuer be able to say this For as Gregory saith Mors miseris Gregory fit sine morte finis sine fine defectus sine defectu quoniam mors semper viuit finis semper incipit defectus deficere nes cit that is The death of the damned is such as shall neuer dye their end shall neuer end and their destruction a perpetuall confusion No maruell therfore if S. Bernard Bernard d● c●nsid ad E●●en li●● saith Horreo in manus incidere mortis vinentis vitae mortentis that is It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of liuing death and dying life If there might bee an end of these paines it were something though it were after so many millions of yéers as there are drops of water in the sea stars in the firmament motes of dust vpon the earth and as there haue béen moments of time since time began but this cannot be granted but when the Lord doth giue ouer his beeing then neuer before then shall the damned be discharged though the blockish Catabaptist perswadeth the contrary The reason of the perpetuity of these torments is threefold The first Drawne from the Maiesty of God offended an infinite Maiesty offended an infinite torment imposed The second Drawne from the state and condition of the damned For as long as they remaine sinfull so long shall they remaine tormented for sin but in hell they euer remaine sinfull therefore in hell they shall euer be tormented Sinne is like oyle and the wrath of God like fire as long as the oyle lasteth so long the fire burneth and so long as they are sinfull so long for sin tormented therefore for euer damned For most sure it is that in hell there is neither grace nor deuotion the wicked that be cast in exteriores ●enebras extra