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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

out into riuers of water because men kept not Gods Law The Prophet Ieremy cryeth out ●et 4. 19. ●● on this manner Ah my belly my belly Iam pained euen at the heart I cannot bee quiet because my people is a foolish people they are wise to do euill but to doe well they haue no knowledge That godly Matron Monica Saint Monica Augustines Mother wept daily and prayed for her sonnes conuersion for hee was before his conuersion a Manichee So likewise it is the duty of euery Christian to desire the conuersion of their brethren and to bewaile their wretched estates Sinne neuer more then in these our dayes of the Gospell abounded the greatest part of the world are Satanists diuels in conuersation worshippers of that vgly beast That Apoc. 13. 14. hath seuen heads and tenne hornes whose badge is blasphemy of the damned serpent The prince of the Eph. 2. 2. Ayre the grand enemy of Mankinde that goeth vp and downe like a roaring 1. Pet. 5. 8. Lyon seeking whom he may deuoure Yea Saint Iohn saith That Whatsoeuer 1. Ioh. 2 16 is in the world is either the concupiscence of the flesh or the concupiscence of the eye or the pride of life Haec tria pro trino numine mu● 〈◊〉 habet This is the trinity which the world doth worship In stead of God the Father God the Sonne and God the Holy Ghost the world doth worship the diuell the world and the flesh the concupiscence of the flesh that is carnall luxury the concupiscence of the eye that is worldly couetousnesse and the pride of life that is hellish and diuelish ambition The way to hell is a broad and a wide way and whole multitudes walke in the same but ●ew there be that can finde out the narrow way of amendment of life The heathen man could say this Plurima pessima the Aristotle most are the worst Pretiosa non sunt numerosa good men are odde men Wasps and Hornets swarme but few painefull Bees are to be found that treasure vp the Honey of good workes in the hiue of their hearts and co●● l●●en home with the same as Virgil writeth of the Bées At ●essae multa referunt se nocte minores crura thymo plena No maruell therefore if Dauid cryed out to the Lord for helpe in his dayes saying Helpe Lord helpe Psal 12. 1. for good and godly men decay The world therefore may bee compared to the earth Aske the earth and it will tell thee Compar that it doth affoord much matter for base pots but very little stuffe for Gold aske the Gardiner and he will tell thee that hee hath more Nettles then Roses more Wéeds then Flowers more Brambles then Vines Yea aske thine owne conscience and Note it will tell thee that there is Magna plen●tu●o hominum sed magna solitudo honorum id est There is a great plenty of men but there is a great scarsitie of good men A good man is a Phenix he is Rara auis ●● terris nigroque si●ili●● I●●en cygno A rare Bird a blacke Swanne Wee haue many couetous Churles that wil with the foole in the Gospell commend their Soules to Plutus that was called of the heathen Deus d●●●tiarum The god of riches but more fitly he is Daemon d●●●tiarum the diuell of riches and thinke themselues safe when they haue spoken peace to their soules on this manner Soule take thy rest for thou hast goods Luk. 12. 19 layd vp for many dayes Making their chest their heauen and their pictures their god We haue many Achabs Tyrannicall extortioners deuourers of their brethren eating them vp like bread Many adulterers as appeareth by the great number of Bastards in this Realme Many rebellious Traytors and Antichristian conspirators as did appeare by the Gun-powder-treason Many conceited Herods many proud Nebuchadnezzars and many vaine-glorious Iezabels many swea●ers forswearers drunkards mock●o●s Many wee haue in a word damned hel-hounds cursed caytifes and most miserable miscreants How little doe these lamentable wretches think of the day of account How little doe they imagine of that wofull sentence Goe from me ye cursed c The Lord grant to all men one with another his grace that they may haue this Scripture alway sounding in their eares Of euery idle word that men shall speake they shall giue an account thereof at the day of Iudgement The consideration of this last day made Ierome afraid to offend Whether Ierom. I eate or drinke saith hee or whatsoeuer I doe else mee thinkes I heare this saying sounding in mine eares Arise ye dead and come to iudgement The which when I consider it makes mee quake and shake and not dare to commit sin which otherwise I should haue committed O that men would remember their end then they should neuer offend O that men would alwayes set before their eyes the quatuor nouissima The day of death the day of iudgement the ioyes of heauen and the torments of hell then would not men liue so loosely but they would with all diligence worke out their saluation with feare and trembling the which care of godlinesse the Lord grant to all men Thus much shall suffice for this first part of this Scripture namely for the parties that shall giue an account who they be namely all men whatsoeuer But I say vnto you that of euery idle word that men shall speake they c. 2 Of what things wee must giue an The second part account There must an account be made of many yea of things innumerable but especially of these foure 1 Of the thoughts of our hearts according to that of Salomon There Wisd 1. 9. shall inquisition bee made for the thoughts of the vngodly there shall not a wicked thought passe in iudgement If Adam had committed but one disobedient thought in heart against Almighty God with full consent of will to haue performed the same and though hee had not actually broken Gods Commandement it was necessary that the second Adam who is the raiser of our ruines the ransome of our offences and the restorer of life should come and suffer the tortures of hell as hee did or else wee with Adam had gone the high way to eternall misery No maruell therefore if our Sauiour Christ accounted him an adulterer that lusted after a woman saying Whosoeuer looketh on a woman to Mat. 5. ●8 lust after her hath committed adultery already in his heart It is the malicious nature of the Diuell as saith Bernard to intice men to mischiefe Daemonum est mala suggerere nostrum est Bernard non consentire ●● is the prop 〈…〉 of the Diuell to inti●● and to suggest men to euill and it is our parts not to consent to his inticem●nts but to resist them manfully according to that of P●●●● 1. Pet. ● ● Whom resist y 〈…〉 The diuel outwardly by the world and inwardly by the corruption of

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