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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

it would make them liue so precisely as though it were the last moment they had to liue it would make them cry out in the terrours of their soules with the Iaylor O what Act. 16. must I doe to be saued from the damnation of Tophet The third thing obseruable for the certainty of this place of torment is the antiquity of the same Of olde Of old Non casu aut fortuna parara erat Tophet sed certo iudic●o omnipotentis definita that is Tophet was not casually prepared but in the determined counsell and decreed purpose of God not lately sounded but from the foundations of the earth before man or Angell was created For Hels antiquity I referre you to the second of Peter Chap. 2. vers 4. 2. Pet. 2. 4. where it is sayd If GOD spared not the Angels that fell but cast them downe to hell Now they could not be cast into that which was not therefore Hell was ordained before the fall of Angels for the Lord who beholdeth all things past present and to come vno actu vno ictu simul semel at one and the selfe-same present foreseeing what would become of Angels and Men preordained answerable places for those whom he hath elected in Christ Heauen hee hath treated of old and for those whom he hath left to glorifie his Iustice Tophet is prepared of old Where we plainely s●● that the Note Lord ha●● 〈…〉 ocabl● d●●reed of the state of Ang●●● and men before all worlds for Heauen and for Hell a● there are but two wayes so there are but two ends Saluation and Damnation Heauen and Hell Idle is the opinion of Rome concerning Error Romae their intermedia loca middle places twixt Heauen and Hell The peruerting Papist hath added to Tophet three subterrestriall places more Purgatory Lymbus Infantum Lymbus Patrum Purgatorie for those that dye in Purgatory their deniall sinnes and light transgressions and for those which haue Bell. l. 2. de Purgatorio cap. 1. their sinnes remitted but not satisfied for the punishment And they place this next to Tophet where there is both poena damni an● poena sensus punishment of losse a 〈…〉 punishment of feeling this lasteth 〈…〉 euer but for a time for it sh 〈…〉 dissolued at the comming of C 〈…〉 iudgement Lymbus Infantum wh●●●●hildren Lymbus Infantum remaine dying without Baptisme And this they place next to Purgatory where there is poena damni but not sensus the punishment of losse but not of feeling and this lasteth for euerlasting Lymbus Patrum where the Fathers Lymbus Patrum were before Christs comming And this they place vppermost where there was poena damni but not sensus the punishment of losse but not of féeling but this was dissolued long agoe by Christs descension into hell Thus you sée how the pope by these his lyes and fopperies thorowly proueth himselfe the most deare child of the diuell the Author founder of all Ioh. 8. 44. lies But let euery Christian take this for an inalterable truth that there is but Election and Reprobation grace and sin the narrow gate and the broad way but two ends Heauen and Hell to one of these must all flesh goe Athanasius speaking to this point Atha●●s●de 〈…〉 Christ sayth Impius in duas partes discerpitur vt ad duo loca discedat condemnatur that is A wicked man is distracted in two parts condemned to two places his body to the Graue and his Soule to HADES that is to Hell Seeing then that the Lord hath prepared Tophet of old and the Decree of God is gone out vpon all flesh either for heauen or for hell this should hasten vs carefully to worke out our saluation with feare and trembling and to make sure our Election For what if we haue all the world and be cast into Tophet what shall become of vs it had been better for vs neuer to haue been borne Obserue I beseech you the carriage of the Apostles in the Gospell when they heard that one of them should betray their Lord and Master CHRIST and woe worth that party that should doe that cursed act it had been good for that party neuer to haue been borne they were all amazed and astonied and could not be at quiet till they knew who should do that damnable deed they came therefore to our Sauiour saying Numquid ego Domine Mar. 14. 19 Is it I Lord Another Is it I Lord So we hearing that Hell is prepared of old and the greatest part of mankinde as shall bee shewne hereafter shall bee swallowed vp of her Oh this should make vs carefull first and aboue all things to seeke the Kingdome Mat. 6. of God and the righteousnesse thereof that wee may see our selues in the number of those l●w whose names are written in the booke of Election and not in the number of those that shall be tormented in Tophet Let vs resolue with the Psalmist Psal 132. 3. not to suffer our eyes to sléepe nor our eye-lids to slumber nor the temples of our head to take any rest till wee haue found the saluation of our God our soules sealed to the day of redemption and freed from the damnation of Tophet But where is this religious care and godly resolution O the dissolute and desperate course of this our sinfull age men put their saluation to a hazzard with Ludouike Si Ludouic saluabor saluabor Si damnabor damnabor that is If I be saued I be saued If I be damned I bee damned there is the care that I take In the feare of God I earnestly beseech you aboue all things to make sure your Election and that by your Rom. 8. Vocation your Vocation by your Iustification your Iustification by your Sanctification the reward wherof will be eternall Glorification Ioyne vertue with your Faith ● Pet. 1. 5. with vertue knowledge with knowledge temperance with temperance patience with patience godlinesse with godlinesse brotherly kindnesse and with brotherly kindnesse loue Labour hereby to make your Calling and Election sure for if yee doe these things ye shall neuer fall into the vengeance of Tophet The second part of this Text are The second part the parties for whom Tophet is prepared and that is for all vngodly people of the world of what estate or condition soeuer they be It is euen prepared It is euen prepared for the King 2. Re. 18. 30. for the King These words in particular haue reference to blasphemous Senacherib who was flaine of his two sonnes in a Temple of Nineueh worshipping his god Nisrosh and in generall it extendeth to all idolatrous Kings Emperors and Superiors whatsoeuer Here then first we see that no person Obseru 1. in what dignity soeuer he be by his eminent place is exempted from Hell Diues a great personage yet tormented Luke 10. in those flames Quid profuit Wisd sibi

farre from recantation as they willingly chose to lose their lines in tribulation And thus were the thrée Children tryed in the furnace By affliction are the children of the ●o●d and the so w●s o● ●eliai disc●r●ed Euen a● 〈…〉 vessel● will breake 〈…〉 in pieces when they come to the fire and the sound onely hold out So the wicked like counterfaits will bewray themselues when they come to the faggot and the godly onely stand to it as we reade in the Gospell of S. Luke They depart from him in the Luke 8. 15. time of tribulation Many will with Peter vow to follow Christ Iesus and to sticke close to him but when they come to Pilars Hall a silly Mayd will make them forsweare him The Lord therefore afflicteth vs to try our Faith our Patience our Hope and other vertues Faith is exercised in affliction by Faith considering the causes of Gods permission and by beleeuing most assuredly his promises concerning our deliuerance Hope is exercised in affliction by Hope assuring our selues of the rewards promised to all those that suffer patiently Loue is exercised in affliction by Loue. considering the loue of Christ in suffering for vs and thereby we are prouoked to suffer for him againe Obedience is exercised in affliction Obediēce by conforming our wils to the will of Christ saying with Christ Not as we will but as thou wilt O Lord God of Hosts Patience is exercised in affliction Patience by suffering quietly willingly and cheerefully and by welcomming them sent of God for our good Humilitie is exercised in affliction Humility by abasing our selues in the sight of God acknowledging that they are but as flea-bitings in respect of the torments of hei which by our lewd liues for euermore we haue deserued Fifthly the Lord suffereth vs to be afflicted in this world that the greatnesse of his power the infinitenesse of his mercy might bee shewne in the deliuery of vs. We reade in the Gospel of Iohn that the Apostles hauing asked our Sauiour the reason why the man was borne blind he answereth them Ioh. 9. 2 3. Not for his fathers nor for his owne sin but that the workes of God should be shewne on him From which wee may truly gather thus much namely that the man was borne blind especially to this end that our Sauiour might haue occasion to shewe the greatnesse of his power in curing him Againe in the same Gospell wee reade that Lazarus dyed to this end that God might be glorified in raising him from death The wonderfull Ioh. 11. power of the Lord was shewed in the deliuery of the three Children from sire by his Angell of Ionas from drowning by the Whale of Susanna from death by Daniel of Daniel from the L●ons by his owne immediate power of Eliah from staruing by the R●…ens And our gracious Soueraigne Lord King Iames from the sword in Scotland and from the Powder-treason in England by his extraordinary fauour and wonderfull loue which hee had to this his gracious seruant which the Lord in mercy vouchsafe vnto him and his Royall Progeny for euermore Thus the Lord bringeth men into deepe afflictions that his power might bee shewne in bringing them out againe Dominus deducit ad inferos 1. Sam. 2. 6 reducit id est The Lord bringeth to hell and bringeth backe againe to great afflictions and out of them Poet. againe Vna eademque manus vulnus opemque tulit The same hand that woundeth the same hand cureth Vulnerat ●ob 5. 18. medetur percutit sanum reddit ● Hee maketh the wound and bindeth it vp he smiteth and his hand maketh whole So that howsoeuer many are the troubles of the righteous in their iourney to heauen yet the Lord powerfully in his good time deliuereth them out of all if hee seeth it best for their good otherwise suffering for the testimony of the truth and the glory of his name they shall change this life for a better Thus haue I somwhat largely spoken of Afflictions both in regard of their necessity as they cannot bee shifted of any that run in the way of Godlinesse as also in regard of their conueniency being more helpe then hindrance in this spirituall iourney that so we may make good vse of thē when it shall please the Lord to send them And thus much shal suffice for this third point namely for perseuerance in this course of Godlinesse beséeching the Lord of his goodnesse to giue vs grace that we may not shrinke back for feare of afflictions but wade throrow with patience holding out in this Race to the end of our Race So runne that ye may obtaine Text. The third thing in order to be spoken of is Pr●mium promissum id est the promised reward But before I enter into the handling thereof one thing necessarily must bee obserued and that worthy of annotation The Apostle saith not here Seeme s● to 〈…〉 that ye may obtaine or make ●● outward sh●w of running 〈…〉 ●● run that ye may obtaine ●n which spee●h he excludeth all hypocrisie and banisheth all counterfait godlinesse from this Christian Race For in this visible Church there are many that outwardly professe CHRIST but inwardly serue Belial Christians in name but Reprobates in déede Saints in shew but diuels in conuersation Many Hypocrites there are like painted Sepulchers dissembling Pharises faire without but foule within Lambes in apparition but Wolues in condition Ones habitu Bernard as saith S. Bernard Vulpes actu crudelitate lupi● id est Sheepe in shew Foxes in deed and Wolues in crueltie Mente sub agnina latitat mens saepè lupina Poet. Id est They haue Lambs skinnes but Wolues hearts Yea howsoeuer they séeme to be members of Christs body courteous and kind to the flock of Iesus zealous louers and earnest embracers of the sincere milke of the word running in the path of true godlinesse yet neuerthelesse they are a Mat. 3. 7 generation of Vipers of whom the Euangelist speaketh ready to sucke out the very heart blood of the Saints of God and rend them in pieces like rauening Wolues they haue Mel in ore fel in corde id est Hony in their mouthes but gall in their hearts sugred words to intrap but poysoned hearts to torment carrying themselues like Iudas who saluted his Master with a kisse hauing the poyson of Asps lying vnder his lips For Quando bonum ore faris mala corde tamen Poet. meditaris Oscula quae Domino Iudas dedit haec mihi tu da● Id est When men speake well and thinke ill their kindnesse is treason as was the kisse of Iudas And for all other enmities in the world this is the greatest as saith Cassiodorus Grauissimum 〈…〉 inimicitiae est genus corde aduersarios lingua simulare deuotos id est This is a most grieuous kind of enimie when men pretend much loue in

in thought word and worke O Lord our God we must needs confesse with mourning and sorrowing hearts and spirits that we were all borne in sin all conceiued in iniquity and that all our life hitherto hath beene most fearefully corrupted and stained with all manner of sinfull transgressions to the great dishonour of thine owne Maiestie to the great discomfort of our owne soules and to the euerlasting confusion both of soule and body in thy iust iustice and iudgement in the world to come Yea O Lord we cannot but confesse that so soone as euer wee came into the world thou mightest iustly for our sinnes haue taken vs both body and soule and giuen vs our portion in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone it is thy great mercy that thou hast spared vs hitherto and not consumed vs from the face of the earth To thee therefore God of endlesse compassion we most miserable wretches make our pitious mone to thee in Christ Iesus wee come now for mercy heare vs heale vs helpe vs and haue mercy vpon vs pardon and forgiue vs all our sinnes let shine thy fauourable countenance towards vs and say vnto our soules that thou art our saluation Thou hast promised in thy holy and heauenly Word that a broken and a contrite heart thou wilt not despise Fulfill therefore now O Lord this thy gracious promise to vs that are weary and laden with the affrightments of sinne and that offer vp our prayers with grones that cannot bee expressed Wash vs O Lord in the bloud of Iesus Christ make vs cleane within and without by thy sanctifying and renewing grace preserue vs both in body and soule from the guilt and punishment of all our mis-doings assure our consciences of the same by faith and seals vs by thy good Spirit to the day of redemption And heauenly Father wée humbly intreate thee to worke thy good worke in euery soule of vs to giue vs faith in thy promises zeale to thy glory loue to thy truth obedience to thy will care and conscience to walke vpright before thee in all our wayes and to offer vp our soules and bodies a liuely sacrifice to the seruice of thy Maiestie in holinesse all the dayes of our life to come And in these our prayers we craue also at thy mercifull hands thy gracious blessings for all thy faithfull Children and elect persons wheresoeuer dispersed and howsoeuer distressed vpon the face of the earth and more especially for these thy churches amongst vs of Great Brittaine France and Ireland replenish the Kings most excellent Maiestie with all necessarie graces meet for so worthy a Personage Redouble thy gracious Spirit vpon our most hopefull Prince and multiply thy blessings vpon all His Royall Issue Blesse all the Nobility of our Land all the reuerend Clergy from the highest to the lowest all of the ciuill Magistracy all Schooles of learning with the two Vniuersities of Cambridge and Oxford and all the Commons of this Realme shew pitty vpon all thine that are in any kinde of tribulation or affliction especially vpon all those that suffer persecution for thy Gospels truth comfort all those that lye languishing in spirit Soule-sicke at the heart for remorce of their sinnes say vnto their Soules that thou art their Redemption Blesse moreouer we beseech thee all that are deare and neere vnto vs in the flesh as our Parents Father and Mother Brother and Sister and Kinsfolke together with our deare Friends and Christian acquaintance absent or present Lord bee present with them and keepe them as the apple of thine owne eye from euery euill worke and way to thy euerlasting Kingdome and saluation And holy Father we finally entreat thee to redouble thy gracious blessings vpon euery one of vs at this time humbled in Prayer before thee blesse vs bodily and spiritually giue vnto our bodies comfortable rest and sleepe that so wee may be the fitter to do the works of our seueral vocations before thée and grant vnto our soules the continuall assistance of thy grace that they may neuer sléepe in sinne but that they may be alwaies waking and wayting for the comming of our Lord Iesus to Iudgement that so Soule and body may bee preserued from the euill of sinne in this life and from the euill of damnation in the world to come and that for Christ Iesus his sake our sole Sauiour and onely Redéemer to whom with thée and thy blessed Spirit thrée glorious persons but one Essentiall God we offer vp all possible Thanksgiuing and praise this euening and euerlasting Amen FINIS Tormenting TOPHET OR A TERRIBLE DESCRIPTION of HELL Able to breake the hardest heart and cause it quake and tremble Preached at Pauls Crosse the 14. of Iune 1614. The fifth Edition corrected and amended Esay 30. 33. Tophet is prepared of old it is euen prepared for the King he hath made it deepe and large the burning thereof is fire c. Printed at London by George Purslow and are to be sold by John Clarke 1620. TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull and my verie deare friends Sir Lestraunge Mordaunt of Massingham Hall in the Countie of Norfolke Knight Baronet and Lady Frances Mordaunt his most louing Bed-fellow HENRY GREENVVOOD Wisheth all increase of Grace in this Life and Eternall Life in Life to come IT is and hath beene long since Right Worshipfull the custome of the Learned that when they commended to publike view therein ayming a● common good their Christian pains and diuine indeuors knowing that the truth hath and alwayes had many oppositions and detractions to present them to men of high place and well affected in Religion that so their works might passe with lesse feare and danger of disgrace and opprobry I though vnlearned making bold to imitate their Christian policie herein haue presumed to present that doctrine to your Worships eyes that lately in publike place was sounded in your eares both of which senses are great instruments in the furtherance of our soules in the way of Gods Kingdome for as the eare conuayeth grace to the affections of the soule so the eye bringeth much matter to the vnderstanding of the minde nay the eare cannot so often be an Andito as the eye an Oratour to the Conscience For which cause your Worships nothing more affecting than growth in grace and Religion I haue attempted to commend to your often consideration Tormenting Tophet for as nothing allureth the heart to grace more then Gods mercies so nothing is more preualent against sinne than his fearfull and terrible Iudgements If therfore your gracious Worships shall vouchsafe to accept of these my poore presented pains it will giue much content to mine own heart doubtlesse answerable comfort to your owne soules And to conclude as the Lord hath aboundantly blessed your Worships with graces internal blessings externall So to vse the words of the Apostle the very God of peace sanctifie you still throughout and I pray God that your whole spirits and Soules

superbia quid diuitiarū copia What hath pride pronted him or what hath the pompe of riches done him good Alas these could not saue his Soule For as sayth the Psalmist a man by Psal 4● 67 his riches cannot redéeme his brother he cannot giue his ransome to God so precious is the redemption of soules and their continuance for euer And in Samuel we read That-kings are not exempted from the iudgments of God If yee doe wickedly yee shall 1. Sam. 12 25. perish and your King In the first Epistle to the Corinths wee may read who they are that are threatned with Tophet neither fornicators nor Idolaters nor adulterers 1. Cor. 6. 9. nor wantons nor theeues nor couetous nor drunkards nor extortioners shall inherit the Kingdome of God This is spoken of Kings as well as of others And in the Reu. wee finde Reu. 21. ● that the fearefull and vnbeléeuing the abominable murtherers and whoremongers and sorcerers Idolaters and all lyers shall haue their part in the Lake that burneth with fire and brimstone and this is spoken of the King as well as of the Btgger for the Lord in iudgement fréeth from hell not according to place but grace not outward condition but inward disposition Nay moreouer great men Noblemen and mighty Princes are not only lyable to Tophet but the greatest part of them shall to the diuell Not many wise men nor many mighty not many noble are called for as God 1. Cor. 1. 2● 1. 〈…〉 2. ● would haue all men saned and come to the knowledge of the truth i. some of all sorts some Iewes some Gentiles some Kings some Nobles some Preachers some Rich some Poore so of all these the greatest summe goe downe to Tophet Yet for all this great men must not bée reprooued forsooth the truth that maketh against them must not be imbraced of them Abner could not abide to heare Isbosheth 2. S●m ● tell him of his going in ●o Rizpah his father Sauls Concubiae Ahab hated Micaiah the sonne o● 〈…〉 Imlah for not prophesying as he said good vnto him The people cryed out in Esayes time Dicite nobis placentia placentia Esay 30. that is speake pleasing things vnto vs. The Priests and people of Anathoth let 11. 21. threatned Ieremy to take away his life if he prophested to them in the name of the Lord. Amaziah said to Amos the Prophet Amos 7. 12. 23. Goe bee gone prophesie in Iudah but prophesie no more in Bethel for it is the Kings Chappell and it is the Kings Court. They hated him that rebuked in the Amos 5. 10 gate and abhorred him that spake vprightly The people in the time of Micah liked Mica 2. 11. them well that prophesied to them of Wine and strong Drinke I pray God that the great Ones of this Land be not tainted with this corruption Well for mine owne part I had rather be stormed against for preaching Tophet to you here then ye should curse mee in Tophet hereafter for smoothing and flattering you Yet this reprehension of great men I would wish it might be done in wisdome and humility which I beseech Rom 12. ● you O King by the tender mercies of God reforme these and these things for some in this case are indiscréet and too too sawcy and rather exasperate the hearts of their hearers against them then winne them to the Lord by their exhortation Vse If then Kings and great men bee not exempted from Tophet what should this worke in them but obedience to that counsell of the Psalmist Bee wise now therefore O yee Kings Psal 2. serue the Lord in feare Looke vp to heauen acknowledge your selues subiects to a greater As the Lord hath honoured Kings aboue others so hee looketh for a greater returne of honour from them than from others for where the Lord gineth much there the Lord requireth the more Kings and Princes are the Kéepers Deu. 17. 18 of the two Tables of the Law of God and to them is committed from God the gouernment both of Church and Common-wealth they must therefore be carefull that the Word may runne very swiftly throughout euery Angle of their Realmes So shall God gaine Psal 147. an vniuersall glory and Kings themselues a more fiable subiection Kings and Queenes are called nursing Esay 49. 23 Fathers and nursing Mothers and al to commend vnto them the care they should haue of Gods glory and the good of their people Iosua was such a Ruler that remained Ios 24. 1● resolute and constant in the worship of God to his liues end Dauid prepared a place for the Arke 1. Ch. 15. 1. of God was carefull for the Church of the Lord. Iehoshaphat Ezechias and Iosias 2. Ch. 17. ● ch 29. 1 2. ch 34. 1 2. were reformers of their Kingdomes enemies to idolatry and graciously defended the Word of God And blessed be God for our Kings most excellent Maiesty who is maiesticall in his place in religion zealous in life vertuous and in mercy aboundantly gracious The Lord increase his graces in him the Lord anoint him with the oyle of Holinesse aboue his fellow Princes and the Lord kéepe him from this terrible Tophet and let all people that beare good will to this our English Sion to this my Prayer say Amen It is euen prepared for the King Secondly wée may here perceiue Obseru 2. Acts 10. with Peter that verily there is no respect of persons with God in iudgement he iudgeth the rich as the poore the father as the child the master as the seruant the King as the begger as the Prophet Dauid sayth With righteousnes shall he iudge the world and the people with equity Though wickednesse among men be Eccl. 3. 16. in the place of iudgement yet the Lord our God will deale iustly Though among men there is respect of persons to be had without which a confusion would and this is necessary to be vrged for men are full of contempt and too sawcy with them of superiour place and authority yet when all shall be summoned before the tribunall of God the Lord will indifferently procéede to iudgement without any respect of persons Vse And this should not only pull down the haughty minds of the noble who think for their greatnesse here it will bée easier for them hereafter than others but also this should bee an vnalterable president to all Iudges of the world As they sit in Gods place so they should imitate the Lord in iudgement this should make them obey the counsell of the Lord deliuered by the Prophet Dauid Bee learned yee that are Psal 2. Iudges of the earth O the care that Iehosaphat tooke for iust and righteous iudgement after he had made Iudges and set them in euery City of Iudah hee gaue them this charge Take heede what ye doe 2. Ch. 19. 1 6 7. for yee execute not the iudgements of man

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