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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

please the Almighty to blesse protect and defend your Royall Maiesty and all your Royall Issue in this life present and in the life to come crowne you all with the Crowne of immort all Glory and that for Iesus Christs sake our onely Lord and euer-liuing Sauiour AMEN From Hempstead in Essex this 16. of October 1608. Your Maiesties most humble seruant and most loyall Subiect HENRY GREENEWOOD THE RACE CELESTIALL OR Aspeedy course to Saluation 1. Cor. 9. 24. So runne that ye may obtaine BOëtius in his Booke Boëtius De consolatione Philosophiae saith Quòd vnicuique viro bono inserta est quaedam cupiditas boni id est That in euery good man there is inserted a feruent desire of that which is good Now the true and chiefest good thing that may possibly be desired of mortall man in which only the soule of man is fully satisfied is the Lord God according to that of S. Augustine Fecisti August in lib. confess nos Domine ad te inquietum est cor nostrum donec quiescat in te id est Thou hast created vs O Lord for thine owne selfe and our hearts are disquieted vntill they finde a firme rest in thy selfe And as well saith S. Bernard Bernard Illud est verum summum gaudium quod non creatura sed Creatore concipitur id est that is the true and chiefest ioy which is conceiued not of the creature but the Creator Now the Lord that is Omnium summum bonorum Of all good things the chiefest can by no meanes be obtained but by a true and liuely faith in Iesus Christ his welbeloued Son prouing it selfe by good fruits of amendment by whom wee are reconciled againe to the Lord and brought into the ●auour of the most High of which by our sinnes wee haue iustly beene depriued As well saith ●●o 〈…〉 Non dormicntibus peruenit regnum coelo●um nec o●●o nec desidia torpentibus praemium aeternitatis promit●itur sed vigilantibus ben● viue●tibus id est The Kingdome of Heauen falleth not to the Sluggards share neither is eternall blisse promised to idle and euill persons but onely to those that liue by faith and are vigilant in the workes of godlinesse The holy Apostle therefore hauing in the former Chapters of this his first Epistle to the Corinthians carnestly and industriously taught them the true path that leadeth to life hauing also perceiued that they had embraced his doctrine willingly and runne in the same in some measure cheerefully he doth heere in this golden simile that they might haue their portion in the Lord exhort them to perseuerance holding out to the end of their liues knowing that of our Sauiour in the Gospell to bee true Hee that endureth to the end the Mat. 10. 12 same and none but the same shall bee saued In which words the Apostle b●rtoweth a similitude A certami●e cursorio from a terrestriall Race for a temporary Prize for as in that Race many runne but one receiueth the Prize namely he that all the rest out-strippeth and commeth first at the end euen so in the Race of Christianity no man shall be crowned but hee that holdeth out to the end of his life yet notwithstanding there is this difference in this similitude that in the Race terrestriall he is onely guerdoned with reward that toucheth first the But and in this Race Celestiall not onely one but all may be crowned with euerlasting blisse In which excellent Simile the Apostle compareth Cursui vitam Stadio pietatem praemio salutem id est Our life to a Race or running Pietie and Godlinesse to a Race wherein wee must runne and euerlasting blisse to a promised reward So runne that ye may obtaine That Text. is so liue in this life vnder the Gospell of Christ Iesus that yee may obtaine euerlasting life in the life to come In which heauenly exhortation of Paul we may generally obserue these three things First Quid sit currere What is meant by this word Runne Secondly Qualiter currendum how ● wee must runne to obtaine So runne Thirdly Praemium promissum the reward ● promised to all those that runne lawfully First Run By this Race or Running is vnderstood this present life of man The life of man is compared to many things some of the Philosophers haue compared it to a bubble some to a sleepe some to a dreame some to one thing some to another Iob compareth it to a Winde the Iob 7. 7. Psal 109. 23. Iam. 4. 24. 1. Pet. 1. 24 Esay 40. 6. Prophet Dauid compareth it to a shadow Iames to a vapour Peter to a flower Esay to grasse and the Apostle Paul in respect of the celeritiy and swiftnesse thereof compareth it heere to a Race or running Quid aliud saith Augustine S. Augustine est vita nostra nisi quidam cursus ad mortem vita dum crescit decrescit vita mortalis mors vitalis id est What is our life but a certaine running to death Our life while it increaseth decreaseth our life is dying our death is liuing The Traueller she longer he goeth on his iourney the neerer hee is his iourneys end the children of Israel the longer they wandred from Egypt the neerer they were the promised Land so euery mortall man the longer he liueth the neerer hee is his iournies end Death for Time and Tide stay for no man young hayres do soone turne gray and actiue youth is soone metamorphosed into crooked age Cito pede lab●●ur aetas id est The dayes of Poet. ●●id man doe swiftly passe away Temporae labuntur tacitisque senescimus annis ●ug●●nt f●ae●o non remorante dies id est time swiftly passeth and old age soone commeth on no bridle so strong as can keep● in our galloping dayes Hee that runneth in a Race neuer stayeth till bee commeth at the end thereof so euery mortall Wight vole●s ●●l●●s willing ●illing neuer stayeth till d●ath the end of his race stayeth him The picture of Patience Iob by name considering the swift passage of the da●es of man compareth them to the swift Race of a Post saying Dies m●i v●l●ciores sunt cursore Iob 9. 25. id est My dayes are swifter then a Post yea swifter are they then a Weauers Iob 7. 6. shuttle they are as the motion of the swiftest ship in the Sea and as the Eagle Iob 9. 26. Psal 90. 9. that flyeth fast to her prey Our yeeres are spent sayth the Psalmist as a tale that is told yea our life is Psal 90. 10 quickly cut off and wee are soone gone Therefore fitly is our life compared here of S. Paul in regard of the velocitie thereof to a Race or Running From hence euery Christian is to learne this lesson that seeing our life is nothing else but a running to death he redeeme the time make much of it whiles he hath it for the houre spent

of the Father the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Math. 28. 1● in nomine Mat. 28. 19 not nominibus in the name not names here is the vnity of Essence of the Father Sonne and holy Ghost here is the Trinity of persons Augustine illustrates this mysterie by a Simile from the Sunne and Fire We sée the Sunne in the heauens Running Shining Giuing heate The Fire hath three properties Mouing Light Heate Now thou Arrian if thou canst diuide the Sunne and Fire diuide thou also the Trinity No the Trinity must be distinguished but by no means diuided The holy Ghost is called digitus Dei the finger of God the Sonne is called manus Patris the hand of the Father As therefore the finger in the hand and the hand in the body so of the same Essence and Substance is the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost But to search too much into this mysterie is dangerous as saith Bernard To enquire too much of the Trinitie is peruerse curiosity to beleeue as the holy Church holdeth is faith and securitie To see as it is is most absolute selicitie I remember an olde report that runnes of Alanus who promised his auditorie to discourse next Sabbath following the mysterie of the Trinity It hapned as he meditated by the Sea side hee saw a young boy goe about with a shell or spoone to empty the water of the Sea into a little hole Alanus demanded of him what hee meant I intend saith he to bring the whole Sea into this hole Why goest thou about a thing impossible answered Alanus So doest thou saith the boy vnto him for it is as possible for me to bring the whole sea into this hole as for thee thorowly to discourse the mystery of the Trinitie Alanus being very much dismayd and comming into the Pulpit his auditorie looking for the performance of his promise was silent for a pretty space at last brake out into these words Sufficit vobis vidisse Alanum it is enough for you to haue seene Alanus for to vtter that which I promised is aboue my reach and so came downe So surceasing the prosecution of this mysticall point any further I come to another obseruation from hence and hasten to an end And that is this As the whole Trinity was present at the Baptisme of Christ so it is the pleasure of Christ that euery of vs should be baptized in the name of the whole Trinitie Not in the name of one person alone Nor in the name of any creature Obiection But against the first may bee obiected that in the Acts where Peter exhorts them to be baptized in the name Act. 2. 38. of IESVS Acts 2. 38. and no more persons mentioned Answere He speaks not there of the forme of Baptisme but shewes that the whole effect thereof consists in Iesus Christ Againe vnder the name of IESVS the other persons are comprehended Obiection Against the second may be obiected that in the Corinths The Israelites were baptized in ● Mosen vnto Moses 1. Cor. 10 ● in the clo●d and sea 1. Cor. 10. 2. Answere It is an Hebrew phrase and in Mosen vnto Moses is as much as per Mosen by Moses as Augustine saith Duce Mose seu Mosis ministerio by the ministery of Moses Ambrose sayth they were baptized into M●ses that is duce Mose foeliciter transi●runt erapti sunt morte Moses leading them they passed the Sea without dange● and were s●ued from death Or in Mosen into Moses in 〈…〉 nam legem Mosis into the doctrine and law of Moses as those twelue are sayd to be baptized in baptisma Iohannis vnto Iohns baptisme Acts 19. Act. 19. ● 3. 7. that is in doctrinam Iohannis vnto Iohns doctrine as writeth that learned man Pareus so the like phrase is vsed Exod. 14. 19. Where the people Exod 14. 19. are said to haue beleeued in Moses that is in Deum per Mosen in God by Moses This is my beloued Sonne Text. Christ is Gods Son Onely Naturall Consubstantiall Coeternall We are but by adoption Gods children O the wonderfull loue of God the Father to vs that would vouchsafe to giue vs his Son his onely Sonne his onely beloued Sonne that whosoeuer 〈…〉 beleeueth in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting Ioh. 3. 16. In whom I am well pleased Text. Complaceo nemini nisi in te per te I am pleased with none but in thee and for thee In quo oblector In whom I am wonderfully delighted as sayth Euthymius In quo requiesco in quo placor saith Theophilact i. In whom I rest fully satisfied in whom I am well contented As that verse goeth In quo laetitia est in quo mihi facta voluptas In whom I much reioyce So that these words doe testifie that Iesus Christ is that worthy Mediator in whom the world is reconciled to God Let vs not therefore goe to Rome for a pardon nor to Mahomet for a blessing nor to the Magician for counsell nor to the Sorcerer for skill but let vs ●locke to Iesus our Redeemer in whom onely we shall finde GOD well pleased with vs saying with Peter Quo ibimus Whither shall wee goe for thou hast the words of eternall life There is in the world a foure-fold Call yet but one salutiferous The Diuell sayth Come vnto me sed destruam I will destroy you The World sayth Follow me sed decipiam I will deceiue you The Flesh sayth Follow me sed de●icia●● I will faile you Christ onely saith Come vnto me egore●●ciam I will refresh you Christ now knocketh at the doores of your hearts and would gladly come in and dine and sup with you Ren●● ● 20. drine him not out of your countrey as did the clay headed Gadarens Shut him not out of your houses as did the ●u●lling Bethleemites but be yee open ye euerlasting doores that the King of glory may come in that hauing giuen the Lord Christ entertainment into the houses of your hearts in this life hee may vouchsafe to put you all in possession of his heauenly mansions in the life to come To the which most blessed place of glory the Lord bring euery soule of vs at the day of our death and dissolution and that for Iesus Christs sake his beloued Sonne in whom onely he is well pleased to whom with God the Father and God the blessed Spirit thrée great persons but one Essentiall Godhead be offered vp all praise and thanksgiuing euen from the bottome of our hearts this day and euermore Amen FINIS A Godly and right Christian Prayer made for the instructiou and comfort of his weakest Parishioners of Hempstead reuerently to be vsed euery Euening in their seuerall Families O Most gracious God and in thy sweet Son Iesus our most mercifull heauenly Father we thy poore seruants and vnworthy Creatures with mourning spirits and perplexed hearts doe in most humble manner fall down before thy