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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

put in his owne power yea Christ him selfe knoweth not of this day But of that day and home saith Marke Marke 13. knoweth no man no not the Angels which are in heauen neither the bonne himselfe ●a●e t●● Father id est Christ according to his humane Nature knoweth not of i● but according to his Diuine Nature he knoweth of it as well as God the Father for he is co-equall with God the Father in Knowledge Wisedome and in all things whatsoeuer yea he knew of this day before the foundation of the world was laid yea Hee himselfe shall sit Iudge at that day God will not haue vs know of this day when it shall be for these three causes 1 To proue and try our patience faith and other vertues to see whether we will put our whole trust and affiance in him although wee know not the time of our dissolution 2 To bridle our curiosity and p●●nish inquisition after such too high matters Quae supra nos nihil ad no● Aristotle That which is aboue our capacity we ought not to meddle withall 3 To keep vs in continual watchfulnesse for if we knew certainly the day of death and iudgement surely it would be a great and forcible motiue to draw vs to a loose negligent and secure kind of life Watch therefore Ma●●4 42 saith the Euangelist because yee know not when your Master will come For these thrée causes the Lord will not haue vs know of the time of iudgement Although my beloued in Christ we know not the certainty of the time of this day yet neuerthelesse wee must know that this great and generall day cannot be farre off both according to the Prophesies of holy fathers as also to the truth of holy Scriptures Augustine in his booke vpon Genesis 〈…〉 against the Manichees saith that the world should last six ages the first from Adam to Noah the second from Noah to Abraham the third from Abraham to Dauid the fourth from Dauid to the transmigration of Babylon the fifth from the transmigration of Babylon to the comming of Christ in the flesh the sixth from the comming of Christ in the flesh to his comming againe to iudgement So that according to his Prophesie wee 〈…〉 in the last age which last age is called of Iohn H●ra extrema or hora 〈…〉 nouissima the last houre But how long this last houre doth last he that is Alpha and Omega the First the Last the euerlasting God alone doth know The Hebrewes they boast of the Prophesie of Eliah a great man in Eliah those dayes hee prophesied that the world should last 6000. yeers 2000. before the Law 2000. vnder the Law and 2000. from Christ to Christ If this his prophesie holds true the world cannot last 400. yeares for since Christ his comming in the flesh it was 1619. at Christs-tide last past according to the computation of the Church from time to time But leauing men and comming to the Scriptures which cannot erre for Humanum est errare Man may yea and doe many times erre Saint Paul saith to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 20. 11. We are they vpon whom the ends of the world are come If therefore the ends of the world were come vpon those that liued aboue 1564. yeeres agoe then surely Doomes day cannot now possibly be farre off Iames also saith Behold the iudge Iam. 5. 9. standeth before the dore Iohn Baptist preached repentance Mat. 3 2 to the Iewes saying Repent for the Kingdome of Heauen is at hand So that by these places of Scripture it is euident that the generall day of Iudgement is at hand as also by the signes tokens which should goe before this day immediately of which many yea almost all are already fulfilled Moreouer wee must deare brethren know that there is a twofold iudgement the one called a particular iudgement the other called a generall iudgement 1 The particular iudgement is ● 〈…〉 2● exercised and executed vpon euery man imediatly after his death which is S● regatio animae à corpore A separation of the soule from the body Of this particular iudgement we may reade in the Epistle to the Hebrewes It is appointed vnto men that 〈…〉 they shal once die and after that commeth Iudgement And though the generall iudgement cōmeth not these 4000. yeers yet particular iudgment commeth at the day of our death and look as we at the day of our death shal be found so shall we bee iudged and as we then shall be iudged so shall we be iudged at the generall iudgement 2 The general iudgement of which this Scripture speaketh is exercised executed vpon all men together by Christ who shall by his power raise all those vp againe that haue bin dead from the beginning of the world to that time and they shall be presented all together being againe vnited to their soules before Christs Tribunall seat who shall come downe in a Cloud from heauen in great Maiesty and Glory with thousands of blessed Angels attending vpon him and hee shal giue sentence vpon al in general the wicked shall bee cast into euerlasting fire and the godly he shall carry vp with him into Coelum Empir●um the third and highest heauen where hee now in body reigneth and remaineth there to reape ioyes vnspeakable for euermore But some man may obiect and lay Ob. Why I pray you shall there bee a generall iudgement when as all are iudged in the particular iudgement what shall there be two iudgements executed There shall notwithstanding the A●● particular be a generall iudgement and that for three causes 1 Because in the particular iudgement the Soule of man is iudged only but then both Soule body and shal be iudged 2 In the particular iudgement the Soule only is either rewarded or punished but then both Soule and body either shall be rewarded with ioyes or punished with torments 3 There shall be a generall iudgement to declare to all the world assembled then together the iust iudgement of God that he hath iustly saued the godly and iustly condemned the wicked yea the very wicked themselues shall confesse no lesse By reason of this generall iudgement some light-braind Heretikes there be that say that there is no particular iudgement at all and that the Soule immediately after death is not iudged for whereas it is said Hodie mecum ●ris in Paradiso To day thou Luk. ●3 4● shalt be with me in Paradise the spéech of our Sauiour to the thiefe they take that word bodie id est to day for 1000 yeers and bring for proofe hereof the place of the Psalm A thousand yeeres Psal 90. 4. in thy sight are as yesterday But to answer them this place of Scripture is not so to be vnderstood as that a thousand yéeres should be taken for a day or a day for a thousand yeeres for he saith not a thousand yerees are a day but a thousand

vnto them When yee pray say Our Father which art in heauen c. So that Christ gaue them this prayer not onely to vse the prescript forme thereof but also to frame all their prayers sutable to the same ● Secondly The br●uity hereof containing but ●●●e and those short Petitions It pleased Christ in his wisedome to make it briefe and short for these three causes 1 That it might be sooner learned and better kept 2 That it might bee often repeated ● and not wearisome 3 That it might take away all excuse ● from those that in any respect neglect prayer Thirdly The excellencie hereof ● and that is double 1 In respect of the Author it was made by Christ himselfe who is the wisedome of the Father 2 In respect of the Subiect for it containeth in it though neuer so short whatsoeuer is necessarie for Gods glory our present good and euerlasting comfort Fourthly The necessity hereof it is as necessary to the Christian soule as a Castle or Bulwarke to the Citie This Prayer whereof I haue spoken containeth in it generally three things First a Preface Secondly Petitions Thirdly a Conclusion The Preface is set downe in these The Preface words Our Father which art in heauen The Preface consisteth of ● parts The first part concerneth our own selues in these words Our Father The secōd part The second part of the Preface concerneth God in these words Which art in Heauen The first part of the Preface concerning our selues containeth in it two things First a Duety Secondly a Prerogatiue First a Duety in this first word Our In this word Our we are taught Our Note what loue care and affection should raigne in the members of the Mysticall Body Wee should pray for the whole Body of the Saints as well as for our own soules The eye séeth not for it selfe alone but for the good of the whole body the hand laboureth not for it selfe alone but for the whole body So should we craue all comfortable Graces for our Brethren and for the whole Body of Christ Iesus as well as for our owne selues Secondly a Prerogatiue in this word Father By Father héere is not onely vnderstood Father the first Person of the Trinitie but the whole Trinity For as God is said to be our Father in respect of Creation Redemption and Preseruation So the whole Trinity haue their parts in them all Againe the name of Father when it is put with any other Person of the Trinity is taken personally that is for the first Person of the Trinity but whē it is put with his creatures it is taken essentially for the whole Trinity So that in Christ our Mediatour Wee that were by nature the children Ephes ● 3. of wrath are become the Sonnes of GOD and Heires of eternall Life And this is the great prerogatiue of the Children of GOD. To bee the sonne of a mighty Monarch Note and great Prince is high eminence but to be the Adopted Sonne of God vnspeakable is the excellency of this title Vses Herein the loue of God doth first appeare vnto vs Behold what loue the FATHER hath shewed on vs 1. Ioh. 3. 13 that wee should bee called the Sonnes of GOD. Secondly by this word Father our faith is much strengthned in our prayers for we pray not to an inexorable iudge but to a merciful Father who can deny vs nothing as we may comfortably reade Mat. 7. 9 10 11. Thirdly wee haue good warrant to call God Father and it is no impudency so to doe for we haue Gods promise You shall be my people and Ezek. 36. 28. I will bee your GOD Wee haue Christs warrant When ye pray say Luke 11. 2. Our Father And wee haue the holy Ghosts instruction Rom. 8. 1● Yee haue receiued the Spirit of Adoption whereby we cry Abba Father Fourthly if God be our Father then let vs haue a continuall care like good children to giue him his due loue and deserued honour as hee calleth for the same of vs in the Prophet A Sonne honoureth his Father Mal. 1. 6. and a Seruant his Master If I bee a Father where is then mine honour and if I be a Master where is then my feare Thus much of the first part of this Preface The second part of this Preface The secōd part concerneth God in these words Which art in Heauen This second part concerning God containeth in it a double description First A description of the Maiestie of God Secondly A description of the Habitation of God The description of the Maiesty of GOD in these words contained Which art is double First A description of his Immutability Which art Which are Note The Lord in his Essence is immutable and in his Attributes without shadow of change the Lord therefore sending Moses to Pharao bad him say Exod 3. 14 on this manner I AM hath sent me And as God is thus immutable in his Essence and Attributes so is hée immutable in his Word Heauen and Mat. 24. 35 earth shall passe away but my Words shall not passe away And this is a Doctrine of much comfort that the Lord in his Word and Promise is vnalterable and without mutabilitie or change Secondly A description of the Eternity Note Which art The Lord is to day yesterday and the same for euer Hee was before all beginning and shall neuer haue ending Hee was not in time neither shall Hee end in time but remaineth the same ror euer Thirdly A description of Gods habitation in these words In heauen In 〈…〉 en We are here to know that God cannot properly be said to bee in a place because he is an infinit and incomprehensible Spirit Hee is in heauen by his glory in earth by his mercy in hell by his vindicts and in the depth of the seas by his miracles Behold the 1. King 8. 27. heauens and the heauens of heauens are not able to containe the Lord. Heauen is his feat earth is his footestoole c. Yet the Lord is said to bee in heauen as Psal 2. 4. But hee that dwelleth in heauen shall laugh them to scorne and Psalm 113. 5. Who is like to the Lord our God that hath his dwelling on high that is in heauen and Psal 123. 1. I lift vp mine eyes to thee that dwellest in the heauens God is said especially to be in heauen for these foure causes First because his glory is most ● manifested in Heauen euen as the seate of the soule the head and the heart may bee said to bee because the soule is most seene there though it be not in any one place of the body included so the Lord is said to be in heauen because his glory doth there most appeare Secondly because heauen is the ● place where Christs Body is and heauen is the Palace of Angels and Court of Saints where they behold the glorious face of

Godly Medicina est non p●na castigatio non damnatio id est is a curing medicine not a destroying punishment a profitable chastisement not a deuouring condemnation For diuers causes therefore doth the Lord suffer his deare children to be afflicted First to weane and winne them from the loue of this wicked world for in prosperitie wee are ready to bee forgetfull of God and of our selues also wee are ready with the deafe Adder to stop our eares at the voice of the Charmer charme hee neuer so wisely The weed is ready to ouergrow the corne and the flesh ready to dominéere ouer the Spirit But by afflictions wee are brought to hate that which before wee loued and to embrace that which before wee loathed Well therefore sayth Gregory A●rem● Gregory cordis tribulatio aperit qu●●●●●● prosperitas huius mundi claudit id est Tribulation doth open the ●●re of ●●● heart which worldly prosperity doth many times shut As Antiochus in his prosp●●●ty thought himselfe equall with ●●● yea aboue God but hauing in 〈…〉 of his Chariot and being in 〈…〉 ty hee sung a new song saying I● 〈…〉 stum est hominem mo●●al●m 〈…〉 Deo id est O! it is meete and requ●sit for mortall man to be subiect to the immortall God So Alexander being hurt with an arrow sayd Homines dicunt esse me filium Iouis sed s●gitta haec probat me esse mortalem Id est Men say that I am the sonne of Iupiter but this arrow proueth me to be but a mortall man So Nebuchadnezzar proudly vaunted himselfe against the Lord of Hosts in his prosperity But when the Lord tooke him to taske metamorphosing this proud king into a base beast then could he say That the Dan. 4. 34. Lord was able to abase all those that walke in pride Thus therefore doth the Lord chassen vs in this world that wee may neither bee intangled with the loue of this world Nor bee condemned with 〈…〉 this world For as the Nurse to weane her child seem thirsting after her milke ●oth anoint her teat with Aloes or some such bitter thing euen so our heauenly Father to weane vs from the pleasure of this wicked world doth send vs many sharpe afflictions in this world Secondly the Lord suffereth vs to ● be afflicted thereby to draw vs to amendment of life Before I was troubled Psal 119. 67. I went wrong but now haue I learned to keepe thy Law The rod saith Prou. 29. Salomon bringeth wisedome As the rod of Moses striking the Deut. 8. stony Rockes caused whole Riuers of water to flow there-from So the Lord striking vpon our stony hearts with the rod of affliction causeth vs to shed forth buckets of teares for our sinnes committed Aduersa corporis animae remedia sunt Is●d aegritudo carnem vul● erat sed mentem curat id est The affliction of the body is wholesome Physicke for the soule it killeth the flesh but cureth the Spirit it woundeth the outward man but renueth the inward Cum infirmor tunc fortior sum i. when I am weake then I 2. 〈…〉 1● 10. am strong Afflictions therefore may bee fitly compared to a Gold-smiths Forge which tryeth the pure Gold from the impure drosse It is like a purgation which expelleth corrupt humors from the Body It is like a Shepheards crooke whereby the Lord doth bring againe his wandring sheepe to the fold It is called of the Prophet Virga Ierem. 1. vigilant i. a watchfull rod a rod that keepeth men in continuall watchfulnesse The Prodigall child that wandred Luke 15. farre in the by-wayes of sinne by this sheep-crooke was brought back again to his fathers house So the Lord by this meanes doth bring home many that haue erred from the way of truth and wearied themselues in the way of wickednesse For as the carefull mother cannot see a more amisse in her beloued child but will immediately wash the same away So our heauenly Father cannot endure the blemish of sinne vpon the face of his deare children but hee will wash it presently away with the water of affliction If thou sinnest to day he afflicteth to morrow Thirdly the Lord suffereth vs to be afflicted that wee may the more earnestly call vpon him and the more spéedily seeke vnto him Mala quae nos hic Gregory premunt citius ad Deum ire compellunt i Aduersitie that oppresseth vs here in this world doth make vs swiftly and speedily runne to the Lord. Lord in their streights they sought Esay 2● 16 Dan. 13 4 thee Susanna being ready to bee put to death cryed out to the Lord. The Prophet Ionas being in the Whales Ionas 2 1. belly powred out his prayers to the Lord. Dauid in many of his Psalmes being in trouble called vpon the Name of the Lord especially in the 1●0 Psal De profundis clama●● ad te Domine ●sal 〈…〉 Domine exaudi vocem meam id est Out of the deepe haue I cryed vnto thee O Lord Lord heare my voice c. So the Prodigall child beeing in a straight sought to his father de ring 〈…〉 1● 1● him to make him but as one of his hir●d seruants So the Disciples when the ship was ready to suffer naufrage by reason of the tempest awaked their Master saying Lord saue vs we perish So Peter being ready to sinke cryed Mat. 14. ● out to Christ saying Master saue me Therefore that men may be compelled to seeke the Lord hee sendeth afflictions vpon them according to that of good S. Augustine A Deo premuntur Augustine iusti ●t pressi clamant clamantes exaudiantur exauditi glorificent cum id est Men are therefore oppressed of God that being oppressed they may cry vnto him crying vnto him hee may heare them and hearing them he may deliuer them and deliuering them may bee glorified of them Fourthly the Lord doth suffer vs to bee afflicted thereby to try vs whether wee will depart from him in time of trouble yea or no. And thus was Iob tryed of the Lord For though the Lord had permitted Satan to tempt him his enemies to vndoe him his children by sudden death to bee taken from him his body to bee afflicted from top to toe with Byles Botches and Sores hauing no sound part throughout his wife to bee an occasion of offence vnto him who in these his distresses should haue beene a comfort to him yet notwithstanding all this Iob sinned not against his Maker yea hee was so farre from mistrusting in God as hee sayd Though the Lord killed him yet would hee put his trust in him and so farre from murmuring against him or cursing him as with admirable patience in them he blessed the Lord for them saying on this heauenly manner The Lord giueth and Iob 1. the Lord taketh away blessed bee the name of the Lord. Thus were the Apostles and the holy Martyrs tryed who were so