Works, Title page 1 – To the reader 1
GREENVVOODS VVORKES: Contayned IN Fiue SEVERAL 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.
The ninth Impreſſion, corrected and amended.
London printed for Henry Bell, and are to be ſold by Iohn Clarke, at his Shop vnderunder S. Peters Church in Corn-hill. 1620.
A TREATISE Of the GREAT & GENERAL Day of IVDGEMENT: Neceſſary for eueryevery Chriſtian, that wiſheth good ſucceſſe to his ſoule, at that Great and Terrible day.
The ninth Impreſſion, corrected and amended.
MATH. 12. 36.
But I ſay vntounto you, that of eueryevery idle word that men ſhall ſpeake, they ſhall giuegive an account thereof at the day of Iudgement.
London printed for Henry Bell, and are to be ſold by Iohn Clarke, at his Shop vnderunder S. Peters Church in Corn-hill. 1620.
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL AND my very good friends, Sr. LESTRAVNGE MORDAVNT of Maſſingham Hall, in the County of Norfolke, Knight Baronet: And to the Vertuous LADY, the LADY FRAVNCIS MORDAVNT, his louing Bedfellow: Eternall wel-fare, and euerlaſting happineſſe, in Chriſt Ieſus our Lord and Sauiour.
BEing earneſtly requeſted, and often intreated (Right Worſhipfull) by many of my good friends, to put in print this ſmall Treatiſe of the Generall day of Doome, which I lately preached, and in publike place deliuered: I hauehave (being ouercome with their perſwaſions) condeſcended to their earneſt demaund, although very vnapt, and exceedingly vnworthy, for the penning of ſo worthy a matter.
Wherfore I hauehave made choyſe (crauing pardon for my preſumption herein) of your wel-diſpoſed Worſhips at this time (being the Alpha of my tender and ſlender indeuours) to ſound in your ſacred eares this laſt and generall Trumpe, and to Dedicate to your Worſhips the ſame, both in regard of the demonſtration of my true, vnfeined, and laſting thankfulneſſe to your benigne Worſhips (for, ſayth Seneca: Beneficium hominem gratum ſemper delectat, ingratum ſemel: id eſt; A thankefull man will alwayes remember a benefite; but an vnthankefull perſon will ſoone forget it) for your extraordinary kindneſſe beſtowed vponupon mee, Abſque vllo commerito, without any deſert in the World: as alſo in regard of the great affection, good deuotion, and thrice welcome entertainment you beare to Diuine and Spirituall Tractates, which appertaine to the euerlaſting bliſſe of the Soule, accounting them bleſſed, which bring glad tidings of ſaluation. I deſire therefore (id que more humillimo, in moſt ſubmiſſiue manner) this one thing at your Worſhips hands, that you would (pardoning my boldneſſe) vouchſafe aequi boni que conſulere, to take in good worth this ſimple and ſlender gift. Which thing if your Worſhips ſhal vouch ſafe to doe, it ſhall not onelyonly bee an incouragement to my future proceedings, but alſo it ſhall bee Vinculum indiſsolubile, an inuincible bond to tye mee in all duety, and in all louelove to your Worſhips: Dum memor ipſe mei, dum ſpiritus hos regit artus; ſo long as life ſhall laſt.
Thus humbly taking my leaue of your good Worſhips, (nothing doubting of the goodneſſe of your natures in the acceptance of theſe my firſt preſented fruits) I commit you with yours to the ſafe protection of the Almighty, alwayes begging before the Throne of his moſt Glorious Maieſty, that he would in this life, infuſe his Holy Spirit, with all his Graces, into your hearts aboundantly, and in the World to come, crowne you with the Crowne of immortall Glory: And that for CHRIST IESVS his ſake, our LORD and onelyonly SAVIOVR Amen.
From Hempſted in Eſſex. Ian. 10. 1620. Your Worſhips in all duety, for euer to command: HENRY GREENWOOD.
To the Reader.
GEntle Reader, if in theſe following Tractates, the Quotations of Latine & other tongues, do offend thee; let them bee vntounto thee as Country Stiles, ſtepping ouer them, thou loſeſt not thy way by them, for their Expoſitions follow them.