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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

dreadfull Maiesty bewayling bitterly all our offences committed against thee and quaking and trembling for feare thou shouldest in thy Iustice vtterly cast vs from thée into that wofull Lake that burnes with fire and brimstone Lord we confesse by birth our foule pollution by life our manifold transgression and therefore ashamed wee are that are but dust and ashes yea worse most lothsome and abominable sinners to come before thée or commence the least sute vnto thee that art a Maiesty most pure abhorring and seuerely punishing all that worke iniquity Therefore oh Lord our God wee most humbly beséech thee not to deale with vs according to thy iustice and our owne merits for then shall we be vtterly condemned but comming vnto thée as a child that feareth to bée beat for thy Christs sake with the ey● of pitty and fatherly compassion look thou graciously vpon vs behold vs in him in whom thy Iustice will soone turne it selfe into mercy thy frowne into fauour thine indignation into euerlasting saluation Lord for thy fauour now and euer we craue grant therefore to vs that aske for pardon of our sins at thy hands alone we séek grant that we may finde at thy gate of Saluation we earnestly do knocke good Lord therefore open vnto vs. But because thy sacred Word doth tell vs that thou wilt looke to none but those that are of a contrite heart and tremble at thy words Lord fit and prepare vs all by true humiliation to imbrace the sauing health of our soules grant gracious God that we may mourne our sinnes thorowly and lament our iniquities bitterly not so much because they might iustly condemne vs as that they haue so highly displeased thée and moued thy Maiesty to anger that hast béene so merciful a God vnto vs O giue vs hearts to grieue for that we cannot sufficiently grieue for our sinnes committed against thée And gracious Father we further intreat that we may not ●nely taste of the sowre of thy Law but likewise receiue in thy good time and in good measure the sweet and vnspeakable comfort of th● Gospell grant that thy Sonne Iesus may bée Iesus to vs all that his righteousnesse may couer our vnrighteousnesse that his death may bring our soules to life that in him and for his sake thou wouldest ●e well pleased to make vs thine by adoption to witnesse the same to our soules by the infallible testimony of thy blessed Spirit to work in our hearts a strong and resolute perswasion of Faith whereby we may graspe and hold fast this thy great mercy in Christ towards vs to the peace of our consciences in this life and the saluation of our soules in the life to come And holy Father for as much as all those that haue put on Christ are become new creatures grant vnto vs a new heart and renew a right Spirit within vs purge vs from our sinnes wash vs from our iniquities infuse thy sauing grace into our Soules whereby wee may dye to all that is euill and liue to all godlinesse of life all the dayes of our life to come Frame our hearts deare God to true and perfect obedience obedience being the best sacrifice that thou requirest oh grant that all our delight may be in thy Statutes that it may be euen our meate and drinke to walke in thy Commandements indeuoring alwayes and in all places to keepe a cléere conscience both towards thee and man Teach vs blessed Father to rely vpon thée alone by faith to feare loue honour and truely obey thee in wisedome and true sanctity to giue no worship from thee that is onely proper to thee reuerently to thinke and speake of thy most glorious name and word carefully to sanctifie thy Sabbaths and wholly set them apart for thy seruice Giue vs grace also thou that art the Author and giuer of all grace to carry our selues dutifully to man to honour and reuerently respect all our superiours both in nature and place to preserue and maintaine the good name goods and bodies of our brethren amongst whom we liue and not impaire hurt or maliciously massacre the same to keepe our selues chaste and vnspotted from all fleshly lusts and euery act of vncleannes iniuriously to take away no mans right or due to speake the truth and not to beare false witnesse against our brethren to be content with our owne estates more or lesse and not to repine at or couet that which is others O grant that our liues may bee vnreprouable before thée and men But because O Lord of our selues we are able to doe no good thing but it is thou that workest the will and the deed Lord therefore stand euer by vs with thy preuenting assisting and consequent grace whereby we may be able in some measure to do thy will on earth as thy Angels doe it perfectly in heauen Moreouer heauenly Father wee fully beléeuing our selues to be true and liuely members of that body mysticall whereof our blessed Sauiour is the Head doe earnestly desire at thy gracious hands the like mercy for the whole body of Christs Church as we beg for our owne soules Lord blesse and defend thy Church and Chosen in all Kingdomes of the earth wheresoeuer inlarge the bounds of thy Gospell increase the number of thy Saints daily adde vnto thy Church such as shall bee saued Blesse the Kings most excellent Maiesty with all spirituall blessings in Christ Iesus meet for so great and worthy a personage with the Prince and His whole issue in this Kingdome and beyond the Seas Grant that He may neuer want one out of his own loynes to sit vpon his Throne for the maintenance of thy Gospell till the comming of Christ in the clouds Blesse all afflicted members whether grieued in conscience troubled in body or persecuted for the Gospell according to their seuerall oc●●sions and need Blesse those that are neerer and dearer vnto vs in the flesh as are our Parents and kindred whether father or mother husband or wife brother or sister or childe with our Christian acquaintances and friends kéep them all and vs with them to thine euerlasting kingdome and saluation And in mercy good Lord this night looke downe vpon vs preserue vs and ours from all dangers bodily ghostly within doores and without giue vnto our bodies a comfortable rest and sléepe that they may be more able to do the works of their particular vocations before thee and swéet Lord watch euermore ouer our poore soules kéepe vs from sin and euill both sleeping and waking and when that sléepe of death shall fall vpon vs grant that our soules may wake to thy glory and saluation euerlasting and that for Christ Iesus his sake our onely Lord and euerlasting Redéemer to whom with thée and thy good Spirit three persons but one God wee heartily desire to offer vp all thanksgiuing and praise this euening and euerlasting Amen THe grace of our Lord and S●uiour Iesus Christ and the lo●● of God our heauenly Father and the most blessed presence of God the holy Ghost bee with v● all and within v● all both in Soule in Spirit and in body and with all things that remaine or belong vnto v● either within dores or without this ●ight and euerlasting AMEN FINIS

cannot be recouered time passed can not be recalled Ecc● nunc tempus acceptum sayth ● Cor. 6. 2. the Apostle Behold now the accepted time behold now the day of saluation This life is the time wherein our election must be made sure and sealed vp to our spirits by the infallible testimony of the good spirit of GOD This life is the time wherein enerman in his calling must worke out his saluation with feare and trembling This life is the time wherein wee must bee admitted into the kingdome of Grace if euer wee looke to be admitted into the Kingdome of Glory In this life must wee be matriculated into the mysticall body of the Church if euer we will look to sit at the Bridegroomes Table in Heauen In this life must we haue heauen in inchoation if after this life wee will haue i● in perfection The Husband-man will in no wise slacke his opportunity and omit his time in tilling and sowing his ground that in Summer he may haue the better croppe The Trades-man will not misse his Fayres Markets that hee may increase his stocke the more in those his painefull affayres The Storke in the Ayre the Turtle the Ie●em 3. ● Cra●e and the Swallow obserue their times as sayth the Prophet the little silly creature the Ant by name ●●ou 6● gathereth in Summer whereby shee may liue in Winter Euen so should euery Christian take his time and treasure vp with the painefull Bee the hony of good works in the hiue o● his hart in this life that he may will the faithfull seruant be welcommed into his Masters ioy in the life to come But alas alas men are so assotted with blindnesse and ignorance that they may be sent to the very senslesse creatures for wisedome in this point Aske the beasts and they shall Iob. 12. 7 8 teach thee and the fowles of heauen and they shall tell thee saith the iust man Iob or speake to the earth and it shall shew thee or the fishes of th● sea and they shall declare vnto thee Esays Oxe knoweth his Masters stall Esay 1. 3. ● and his Asse his Masters crib but miserable man hath not knowne his Maker O let vs not be worse then Horse Asse and Mule that haue no vnderstanding but let vs in the feare of God know our times and seasons Let vs seeke the Lord while he may be Esay 5●● found and call vppon him while he is neere Let vs in no wise post off our amendment from day to day Let vs ●iue no longer in carelesse security like sensuall bruitish and hellish Epicures that neither beléeue nor yet respect the iudgement to come that ●ing that cursed Epitaph of Sardanapalus ●●●e bibe lude charum praesentibus exple Poet. Deli●●●s animum post mortem nulla voluptas Id est Eate drinke play and be merry li●e in all kinde of pleasure for after d●ath there is no pleasure That say with the old man in the Poet Because my dayes are shor● which I haue heere to liue To women wine and pleasant sport I meane my selfe to giue Let vs not be like those foolish Virgins that knocked at the gates of heauen too late when the doores were shut against them For after this life there shall be no place for pardon no●●●●e for Repentance therefore in time looke to the wel-fare of thy deere Soule that thy Soule may fare well not for a time but for euer One depth saith the Psalmist calleth Psal ●●● for another The depth of our misery crieth for the depth of Gods mercy let vs therefore be as swift in running the race of Christianity as ou● liues are swift to leaue vs let vs b● as swift to kill sinne in vs as sinne is to kill vs. O beloued let vs b●e as swift to pull out the sting of the Scorpion which is sinne as he is with his sting swift and ready to st●bbe ●s a● the heart and wound our soules incurably that when death ●he end of our Race shall come which is m●s● certaine and yet his time most vncertaine it may be vnto ●● ●● it is to all the Saints of God Ia●●a 〈…〉 〈…〉 um ref●i●er●● ●●●l● ascensi●●is in c●lum id est The ga●●●● life the end of miseries the beg 〈…〉 of euerlasting refreshing and the 〈…〉 r of ascension to the highest a●● happiest heauens So runne that ye may obtaine Text. Secondly Qualiter currendum id est How must we runne To obtaine So runne If wee will runne to obtaine wee must runne these three wayes First Directè recta via the right way Secondly Celeriter seu festinanter Swiftly or speedily Thirdly Perseueranter Perseuerantly holding out to the end First therefore that wee may obtaine we must run directly the right way that leadeth to life Those that run in a race will not make the furthest way about the néerest ●ay home as wee say but they will take the shortest cut that may be and run the directe●t way that can be that they may the rather obtaine So should wee run in the right way that leadeth to life if wee will obtaine life euerlasting 〈…〉 speaking of mans creation 〈…〉 s●●th that H●mo inced● erectus in coelum id est Man goeth right vplifting his eyes toward Heauen Os homini sublime dedit coelumque tueri Ovid. iussit Id est God gaue man a lofty face a face to behold the heauens whereas other creatures fasten their eyes vpon the centre of the world from whence they came hanging down their heads to the earth like Bul rushes As man therefore was created pure and vp right in Soule and straight and right in body carrying his head toward heauen so must he run if euer he will obtaine heauen in the straight way and right path that leadeth to Heauen Many there are that séek the Lord and finde him not because they seek● amisse so many there are that runne yea all men liuing are runners y●● are they far from obtaining becaus● they run amisse There are foure sorts of groun● yet but one ●ructi●er●us there are foure wa●es in the world yet but ●●● and that a narrow one that leadeth to life Generally there are but these two the way of Godlinesse and the way of In●quity whereof the one in the Gospell of Mathew is called The broad way and th● other The straight and ●arrow gate yet S. Iohn considering the multiplicity of this dangerous Labyrinth doth cut out this ●road way into thrée maine heads into ●uxury Couetousnesse and Pride ● I●●●● ●6 saying Whatsoeuer is in the world is either the concupiscence of the flesh the concupiscence of the eye or the pride of life Haec tria pro trino numine mundus habet 〈…〉 Id est This is the trinity which the world doth worship These wayes are wide and large and whole multitudes walke in the same Magna ple●●●●d● hom●num sed magna solitudo bonorum id est There

great Law-giuer and the Prophets great men yet were they not greater than Iohn Non enim ego Prophetas Prophetis andeo comparare I dare not compare Prophets with Prophets yet the Lord of him the Lord of them the Lord Iesus of vs all hath pronounced of him that inter natos mulierum among them that are born of women a greater than Iohn the Baptist arose there not hee doth not say inter natos virginum among them that are borne of Virgins for Christ Iesus himselfe was borne of a Virgin whose shooes latchet Iohn Mat. 3. 11 was not worthy to vnloose Math. 3. 11. great was Iohn but what to his Lord and Master Christ a rare preacher but what to that great Lawgiuer a baptizer with water but what to him that came to baptize with the Spirit and Fire This is he that héere baptized Christ yea he was the first that euer baptized with water to repentance yea his office was to baptize in remissionem peccatorum before Christ Luke 3. 3. to lead the people by water to him that baptized with the Spirit and fire As one saith of him that hée did praeire nasciturum nascendo praedicaturum praedicando baptizaturum bapti zando moriturum moriendo that in birth baptisme doctrine and death hee preceded IESVS the Reconciler of the world The place where hee baptized Christ was in the Riuer Iordane Fluuius eximiae dulcedinis qui in lacum Genezareth Gen. 13. deinde in mare mortuum funditur A delicate Riuer so called because it was composed of two Fountaines the one called Ior the other called Dan and therfore the Riuer hath this name Iordan In which Riuer Naaman was 2 King 5. 14. washed and cleansed from his Leprosie 2 King 5. 14. which Riuer Eliah and Elisha diuided with their Cloake 2. King 2. 8 13. In this Iordan did Iohn baptize our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Secondly The Baptized Iesus And when Iesus was baptized Iesus this word signifieth a Sauiour A name worthily giuen him from the Lord because hee came to saue his Mat. 1. 21. people from their sinnes Math. 1. 21. from the guilt of sinne by his imputatiue righteousnesse from the punishment of sin by his imputatiue death and passions the one properly resembled in Baptisme the other in his last Supper But whether did Christ purchase this great saluation for vs iure pacti or rigore iustit●e a great question in diuinity by a Couenant made twixt God the Father and him or in regard of worth for worth that is whether his merits did equalize the saluation of so many Saints Ans To satisfie this question giue mee leaue to vse a familiar comparison Suppose I should say to a Porter or some such fellow If thou wilt bring mee a burthen of an hundred weight a mile vpon thy backe I will giu● thee a thousand pound for thy paines the Porter doth it hee hath purchaset this summe ture pacti in regard of the couenant but not rigore iustitiae hi● paines were not answerable to th● gift for I could haue had it done so a crowne but suppose I should mak● bold with a great man of worth in the like case he hath deseru'd this rewar● iure pacti rigore iustitiae O the dignity of Christs person makes his merit precious and thus became Chris● our Iesus Obiect But it may be demanded why CHRIST should here by Iohn b● baptized that was sinlesse baptism being a remedy against originall sin For BAPTISMA of BAPTEIN sigri 〈…〉 a washing away resembling the washing away of sinne Ans It is true Christ in regard of himselfe had no néede of Baptisme wherefore Iohn forbade him saying I haue neede to be baptized of thee and commest thou to mee yet notwithstanding Christ vouchsafed to be baptized for eight especiall causes First because he was bound to fulfill the righteousnesse both of Law and Gospell in the behalfe of man as hee told Iohn Thus it becommeth vs to Mat ● fulfill all righteousnesse Math. 3. The Law inioined Circumcision therfore Christ must be circumcised the Gospel inioyned baptisme therefore Christ must be baptized for Christ came not to breake the Law but to fulfill it Secondly that hee might confirme the baptisme of Iohn to bee both reuerend and profitable l●st any should holde baptisme a vaine or friuolous thing Thirdly that hee might sanctifie the water to his mysticall end viz. to the washing away of sinne Hesych Christus ad sacrandas aquas baptismatis in Iordane baptizatus est that is Christ was baptized in Iordan to sanctifie the water of baptisme to the mysticall washing away of sinne Fourthly that hee might hereby shew his wonderfull humilitie for Phil. ● 6. though he were equall with God Phil. 2. 6. yet he makes himselfe of no reputation but comes euen among sinners to baptisme who notwithstanding knew no sinne Fiftly to teach vs that as he was baptized being the head so should wée his members to shew that baptisme is not lightly to be respected nor of any to be neglected therefore they that bring not their children to baptisme as much as lyes in them shut them out of the Kingdome of Heauen For Baptisme is necessary ad tollendam maledictionem as saith Pareus non vt pharmacum aut opus expiatorium sed vt sacramentum foederis obsignatorium non necessitate medi● sed mandati● not as though outward baptisme either simply saued vs or without it no saluation could bee but because it is commanded It is therefore necessary ●ATAT● propter mandatum Dei for the streight command of God but not praecise simpliciter absolute that as those that want it should bee damned for whom the blockish Papists haue deuised a Lymbus infantum Sixtly to testifie the blessed communion and fellowship that hee our head hath with vs his members to our vnspeakable consolation Seuenthly to signifie to all the world that hee came to bee baptized with the baptisme of death For baptisme doth reprensent dying to sinne so Christ dyed for sinne Luke 12. 50. Luk. 12. 50 I must be baptized with a baptisme and how am I grieued till it be ended Eightthly vt veritas typo responde●et that the truth may answere in euery respect the type and figure for as the high Priest when hee was inaugurated they first washed his whole body with water Afterwards hauing put vpon him his priest-like garments and brought him to the open view of the people they sounded trumpets and powred oyle vpon his head Exod. 29. Exod. 29. 4 5. Num. 10. 3 4 5. Num. 10. 3. So Christ our Priest was washed by Iohn in Iordan in the open assembly of much people a voyce thundred from Heauen and with the spirit of grace hee was anointed with Psal 45. 7. the oyle of holinesse aboue his fellows Psal 45. 7. And thus yee see the reasons why our Sauiour would be baptized Oh how are wee bound to his maiesty that