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A02194	A treatise of the great and generall daye of iudgement necessarie for euerie Christian that wisheth good successe to his soule, at that great and terirble day. By Henrie Greenwood, Master of Arts, and preacher of the word of God. With an addition of certaine godly prayers the contents appeare in the next page.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1606 (1606)	STC 12337; ESTC S119048	37,421	106

A TREATISE of the great and generall daye of Iudgement Necessarie for euery Christian that wisheth good successe to his Soule at that great and terrible day By Henrie Greenwood Master of Arts and Preacher of the word of God With an addition of certaine godly prayers the contents appeare in the next page But I say vnto you that of euery idle word that men shall speak they shall giue account therof at the day of iudgement Mat. 12.36 The contents of the Praiers A short disputation betweene the diuell and the poore soule of a christian A short death-bed dialogue A praier for the morning A praier for the Euening A thanksgiuing for our late deliuerance A prayer comprehending the matter of the last iudgement A short prayer of purpose against Sathans assaults A short prayer at hand vpon all occasions A prayer for all sorts ❧ TO THE Right Worshipfull and my very good friends LESTRANGE MORDAVNT of Massingham Hall in the County of Norfolke Esquire and M● MARGARET MORDAVNT his louing bedfellow Eternall welfare and euerlasting happines in Christ Iesus our Lord and Sauiour BEeing earnestlye requested and often intreated Righte worshippefull by manye of my good friendes to putte in printe this small Treatise of the Generall day of doome which I lately preached and in publike place deliuered I haue being ouercome with their perswasions condescended to their earnest demaund although very vnapt and exceedingly vnworthy for the penning of so worthy a matter Wherefore I haue made choyse crauing pardō for my presumption herein of your well disposed worship at this time being the Alpha of my tender and slender endeuours to sound in your sacred cares this last and generall trumpet to dedicate to your worship the same both in regard of the demonstration of my true vnfamed and lasting thankfulnesse to your benigne worship for saith Seneca Beneficium hominem gratū semper delectat ingratum semel id est A thankfull man will alway remember a benefit but an vnthankfull person wil soone forget it for your extraordinary Kindnesses bestowed vpō me Absque vllo demerito without any desert in the world as also in regard of the greate● affection good deuotion and thrice welcom entertainment you beare to diuine and spiritual tractates which appertain to the euerlasting blisse of the soule accounting thē blessed which bring glad tidings of saluation I desire therfore idque more humillimo in most submissiue māner this one thing at your worships hand that you would pardoning my boldnesse vouchsafe aequi bonique consulere to take in good worth this simple and slender gift Which thing if your worship shall vouchsafe to doe it shall not onely be an incouragement to my future proceedings but also it shall be vinculum in dissolubile an inuincible bond to tie me in all duty in al loue to your worship dum memor ipse mei dū spiritus hos regit artus so lōg as life shal last Thus hūbly taking my leaue of your good worships nothing doubting of the goodnes of your natures in the acceptāce of these my first presēted fruits I cōmit you with yours to the safe protection of the almighty alwaies begging before the throne of his moste glorious Maiesty that he would in this life infuse his holy spirit with all his graces into your heartes aboundantly and in the worlde to come crowne you with the crowne of immortall glory that for Christ Iesus his sake our Lord and only Sauiour Amē From Sampford Magna in Essex this 30. of Aprill 1606. Your Worships in all duty for euer to commaund Henry Greenewood A Treatise of the Great and general day of Iudgment necessary for euery Christian that wisheth good successe to his soule at that great and terrible day But I say vnto you that of euery idle word that men shall speake they shall giue an account thereof at the day of ●udgement math 12.36 MAn in regard of the corruption of his nature through the fall of his greate Grandfather Adam who was the foyle of Mankinde the parent of sinne and the author of death to all his posteritie forasmuch as wee were all In Iumbis Adama In his Ioynes as hee is subiect to all sinnes whatsoeuer so is hee especially addicted to the sinne of securitie and carelesnesse Therefore as Adam sleeping securely in his transgression and hiding himselfe from the presence of the Lorde behinde the bush had greate neede of that watchbell from God to rouse him from the sleepe of sinne and to call him againe vnto God Adam vbi es Adam where art thou So as necessary for euery sinful Adamite to raise him vp from the sleepe of sinne wherein hee was borne is this notable Memento this worthy rehearsall of the great and terrible day of doome But I say vnto you c. which wordes of our Sauiour Christ spoken to the scribes and pharisees who would not beleeue that be wrought this miracles by the powrful spirit of God but slanderously and contemptuously tolde him to his face that hee did cast out diuels through Beelzebubs name are as much in effect as if he had said on this manner It account must be rendered at the daye of Iudgement of euery idle word that men shall speake then much more of blaspheamous wordes But I say vnto you that of euery idle worde that men shal speak they shall giue account therof at the general day of Iudgement Ergo much more of blasphemous wordes as yours are in saying that I cast out diuels through the name of Beelzebub So that these words of our Sauiour are nothing else but a true proposition and sound argument drawne A minore ad maius whereby Christ doth prooue the greatnes of punishment that should befall the blaspheamous Pharisees in regarde of the greatnesse of they re sinne In which portion of Scripture fowre things necessarily must be considered 1 The persons that must giue account who they bee 2 Of what things these persons must giue an account 3 To whome must this account bee giuen 4 When this account must bee giuen 1 The persons that muste giue an account they are expressed in this text in general to be mē That men shall speake Men yea all men must giue an account as wee may reade in the Epistle of Saint Paule to the Corinthians VVee must all appeare before the tribunall seat of Christe that euery man may receiue according to his works All men none excepted of euery age of euery sex and of euery nation ritch and poore Princes and common people noble and ignoble all that haue beene from the beginning of the worlde and shall bee to the end of the same shall appeare before Christs Iudgement seat and giue an account euery one for himselfe to God For It it is appointed vnto men once to die and after that commeth iudgment As it is therfore most sure that al men must die so it is sure that all men most come to iudgment

brought thee for it the best Lamb of our flock euen all hearty praise and thanks purpose of better seruice that we can and this dipped and drenshed in heartmelting and in Iesus Christs merit and reconcilement we beseeche thee testifie thy acceptance by addition of mercy in detraction and multiplication of it and let vs obteine the tast feeling of this this nighte following and all our life time repent thee not go forward with vs for Christs sake regard not the outstartings of soule or body against thy mind in thy presence but let thy righte hand of infinite compassion cast them as a milstone into the deepes of our Christs satisfaction and attonemente and let our euidence be alwais kept by grace from dimnesse or blurres of our weaknes that our saluations enemies may not so much as dare to dispute with vs about our pardon and election O Lord let thy spirit watch within vs let thy ministring spirits attend without and about vs being poore heyrs of saluation What Sathan hath purposed confound it what sin hath deserued preuent it what thy mercifull maiesty sees to be good let vs haue it for Christes sake let our sleepe be quiet and not excessiue let our health be continued hold thy hand ouer vs let no commission bee granted against vs let euery thing bee set in order because our date is vncertain the place of our ende vnknown if our lease of life last till morning in that shall appeere to vs that thou wilt bestow another day of grace vppon vs. O Lord wee promise before thy Maiesty that wee will by thy grace striue to the vttermost period of our strength to serue thee Lord remember vs let vs see a besome made put in a strong hand for the wicked and wickednes and let vs see still the vine planted by thy own hand to flourish and all the walls of it to stand and not to fall nor the leaste breache to be made let it not be said that the Fore shall with going vpon it cursh it O Lord to this end preserue our captain the Kings maiesty and all about him for euer and keep his heart in thy hand the hearts of all Christian Kings gouernors people that a ioyfull succes may be seen to thy true religion church among vs in all the world and so with humble thanks we cease To thee be all honor and glory for euermore Amen Amen A thanksgiuing for our late deliuerance O Lord it is good to giue praises vnto thy name prayse is comly but thou art so infinite in deseets that our praises are all short yet being true and new according to fresh and admirable benefits receiued they are as incense to thee but when praises are not rendered in the due place it prouoketh thee to fury yea to sweare that we shal perish for all them hereafter and in wrath thou wilt say that which perisheth let it perish I will neuer put to hand to helpe O Lord iustly mayst thou say so to vs for we haue him wōderfuly preserued by thee as Israel in Pihahiroth as Dauid in the Prophets schoole as Daniell in the Lions denne wee haue seene the axe lie at the roote of our greatest Cedars as thou woldest haue them no couering for vs any longer but let the sunne and stars to pearce with vs as by withering Ionas Gourd O Lord often hast thou bewrayd the malice of the popish crue the venō of all that brood that for the time we haue been swallowed vp with thy goodnes in the soul rauishment we haue promised but after not paying our vows for sinne thou hast bin wors combred with vs then before good Lord vpon our confession grant vs remissiō mercifull acceptation if thou studest true thankfulnes but in ten or a few Lord receiue it and regard not the rest let the righteous deliuer the rest so take all glory that can be giuen thee from al the brāds that haue bin pulled out of the fire let al addresse thēselues to bring presents to thee that art to be feares so let our king be kept with his thine A praier comprehending the matter of the last iudgement O Blessed Christ Iesus hasten to the last worke of thy mediation to iudgement yea the last iudgement and because that cannot bee till thou haste sealed all thy elect with the seale of Gods iron O Lord hasten that worke and to this end powr thy spirit plentifully vpon ministers and people worke euery good worke that may further the building of thy Church let all Christian Kings cast their crownes before the Lamb and bee willing to lick the dust of thy saints seet let them be deuoured with a zeale of thy glory let thy word spreade into more countries and nations let Babilon fall let it be a cage of vncleane birds let not the noyse of a mil be heard any more in her Let the Iewes be graffed in again as thou hast promised euen all thy elect among them let prayers be made for them Lord heare thou in heauen the place of thy habitation and let all thyne haue grace to thinke of the last trumpet sounded to wake the dead Let vs remēber the chāge of heauen earth that fire shall consume them Let vs Resolue here is no place of any lōg abode Lord let vs not defer put of our repentance for thou wilt come wilte not carry and as a theef wilt thou steal vpon the reprobates when they are either ●leeping or beating their fellows O Lord let it please thee that we may take heede of the company and conuersation of the vngodly or of any neuer so neerely vnited vnto vs in the flesh Becaus lord thou knowest that then two shal be in a bed one taken and another refused and that thou hast saide that it shall be then a blessed state to be found dooing our duties blessed christ that shalt come in glory to iudge both quick dead at thy appearance and in thy comming thy seat is said to be great to containe such a personage of Maiesty no greatnes shall appeare to be comparable to thine and as thou art greate so thy throne is white for euery one shall haue iustice of thee O Lord let vs take mercy while the date of it lasteth for then the da●e of it will be out Iustice without partiality must take place O Lord arme vs in the time of mercy that wee may stand in the day of Iustice when the wicked that now ●augh shal too late weep whē the heauen earth in their present but shall run away neuer be foūd again in the fashiō O good lord what wretches are wee then to stand vpon merit when as the sun is not clear in thy sight especially considering no Euasion can be made from thy presence without chāge which shall be to late our merciful christ our greatnes now if we be foūd ill will not profit