Goodly Trees is the rendering of Tlfl V", ets hadar' , tree of splendor, the fruit ('^7?) "boughs") of which (Sept. icapwog c,v\ou oj(Kuoc,Yu\g. fructus' ar- horis j)ulcherrima>), the Israelites were directed to taka (i. e. carry about in festive procession) on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles, in memory of the irhaving dwelt in booths in the wilderness (Lev. xxiii, 40). The tree generally conceded to be meant is'tlie citron (Cel- sius, Hierobot. i, 252), the fruit of which Joscphus states was that in the hands of the Jews on the day of the festival of the Scennpegia, when they pelted king Jan- najus with it (.4?«<. .xiii, 13, 5). See Citron. Others regard the olive as meant, this being the tree mention- ed in the parallel account of Neh. viii, 15. It would seem, however, that no specific tree is intended, but any one of sufficient size and beaut}' to be suitalde to the occasion (Ursini Arboret. Bibl. p. 577. See Tree.
Goodman of the House, oiKo^taTrort^c, IMatt. XX, 11 ; xxiv, 43 ; Mark xiv, 14 ; Luke xxii, 11, master of the house, as usualh' elsewhere rendered (IMatt. x, 25; Luke xiii, 25; xiv, 21; "householder," Matt, xiii, 27, 52 ; xx, 1 ; xxi, 33). In Prov. vii, 19, "good- man" is the rendering of w""X, ish, man, i. e. husband.
Goodman, Christopher, an English divine, was born at Chester in 1520. He studied at Brazennose College, Oxford, and afterwards held ofHces in that university during the reign of Henry VIII and Ed- ward VI. When queen Mary ascended the throne he withdrew to Frankfort and thence to Geneva, where, with Knox, he became pastor of the English church. After iMary's death he went to Scotland, and became rector of St. Andrews in 1500. About 1505 he return- ed to England, and accompanied Sir Henr}' Sidney in his expedition against Ireland. He was afterwards rector of Chester, and died there in 1602. He wrote, How far superior Pmcers are to be obeyed of their Sub- jects (Geneva, 1558, lOmo), against queen Mary : — A Commentary upon Amos. Wood erroneously attributes to him Knox's The First Blast of the Trumpet against the 3fmistrous Pegiment of Women. See Wood, A theme Oxonitnses (vol. i) ; Scott, Lives of the Scotch Reform-
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Goodman, Godfrey, was born at Ruthven, in Denbighshire, 1583, and educated at Westminster School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1G07 he got the living of Staplcford Abbots, in Essex ; in 1617, a canorir}' of Windsor; in 1G20, the deanery of Rochester; and in lG2o, the bishopric of Gloucester. Bishop Goodman was a lionianizer, even beyond Laud's tolerance. In 1G40 the new canons were set forth, which be refused to subscribe, "and it appeared after- wards," says Fuller, "that he scrupled about some passages on the corporeal pi-esence, but whether upon popish or Lutheran principles he best knowetli." Laud, then archbishop, after the clergy had subscribed, ad- vised him "to avoid obstinacy and irregularity there- in, but he refused." It was in Henry VII's chapel, and being greatly offended, Laud said to him, "My Lord of Gloucester, I admonish you to subscribe." Goodman remained silent, and Laud again said, "My Lord of Gloucester, I do admonish you a second time to subscribe," and immediately alter, " I do admonish you a third time to subscribe." Goodman "pleaded conscience," and was in consequence suspended. He was committed to the Gatehouse, "where," says Ful- ler, " he got by this restraint what he could never have got bj' his libertjf, namely, of one reputed a papist, to become for a short time popular, as the only conse- quent suffering for not subscribing to the new canons." He died January 19, 1G55, in open profession of popery. He wrote, 1. The Fall of Man, and Corruption of Na- ture, proved hy Reason (London, 1624, 4to) : — 2. Argu- ments and Animadoeisions on Dr. George Hakeiml's apol- ogijfor Divine Providence : — 3. The two Mysteries of the Christian Religion, viz. the Trinity and the Incarnation explicated (Lond. 1653, 4to) : — The Court of King James, by Sir Anthony Weldon (edited by Breuer, Lond. 1839, 2 vols. 8vo). — Hook, Eccl. Biography, v, 335 ; Darling, Cyclop. Biblingraphica, s. v. ; Gentleman's 3Iagazine,\o\. Ixxviii ; Fuller, Church History, bk. xi.
Goodness of God denotes " both the absolute perfection of his own nature, and his kindness mani- fested to his creatures. Goodness, says Dr. Gill, is es- sential to God, without which he would not be God (Exod. xxxiii, 19; xxxiv, 6, 7). Goodness belongs onlj' to God ; he is solely good (Matt, xix, 17), and all the goodness found in creatures is only an emanation of the divine goodness. He is the chief good, the sum and substance of all felicity (Psa.cxliv, 2,15; xxv, 7; Ixxiii, 25; iv, 6, 7). There is nothing but goodness in God, and nothing but goodness comes from him (1 John i, 5 ; James i, 13, 14). He is infinitely good; finite minds cannot comprehend his goodness (Rom. xi, 35, 36). He is immutably and unchangeablj' good (Zeph. iii, 17). The goodness of God is communicative and difl'nsive (Psa. cxix, 68 ; xxxiii. 5). With respect to the ob- jects of it, it may be considered as general and special. His general goodness is seen in all his creatures ; yea, in the inanimate creation, the sun, the earth, and all his works ; and in the government, support, and pro- tection of the world at large (Psa. xxxvi, 6; cxlv). His special goodness relates to angels and saints : to angels, in creating, confirming, and making them what they are; to saints, in election, calling, justification, adoption, sanctihcation, perseverance, and eternal glo- rification." See Charnock, li'orA-5, v, i, 574; Paley, Nat. Theol. ch. xxvi ; South, Sermons, vol. viii, serm. iii ; Tillotson, Sermons, p. 143-146 ; Watson, Institutes, i, 420 ; Henderson's Buck, s. v. See God.