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A01737	The stewards last account Deliuered in fiue sermons vpon the sixteenth chapter of the gospell by Saint Luke, the first and second verses. By Robert Bagnall, Minister of the Word of God, at Hutton in Somersetshire.	Bagnall, Robert, b. 1559 or 60.	1622 (1622)	STC 1187; ESTC S119158	78,252	118

the Psalmist truely said Our Lord will come and will not keep silence And the time also will come that euery mans worke shall be made manifest 2. Cor. 3. 1. Cor. 4. 1. Tim. 3. And the Lord will lighten the hidden things of darknesse and open the counsels of the heart and then the madnes of the wicked shall be manifested to all men This doctrine teacheth vs that the time will come when all things shall be made knowne although Satan in the meane time worke neuer so cunningly to deceiue men and sets counterfet colours and false shewes vpon euery sinfull action of man being more skilfull herein then any Dyer is in setting colours vpon his cloth For wee haue but few Dyers that can set any Dye or colour vpon a cloth and please the owner in the colour that he hath most minde vnto the Diuell can doe it in suggesting sinne to a wicked man First he plūmeth soundeth findeth mans nature vnto what sinne he is most inclined and offereth the same sinne vnto man and then he sets another colour vpon the same sinne As for example if a man is inclined to adultery and vncleannesse hee calleth the same touches and prankes incident to youth and couetousnesse he calleth honest prouision for a mans selfe and his Cyprian saith Diabolus quando decipere quenquam quaerit priùs naturam vniuscuiusque intendit inde applicat vnde aptum hominem ad peccandum inspexerit that is When the Diuell goeth about to deceiue any man first he findeth out his nature and then ministreth vnto him that sinne whereunto he findes him most inclined Gen. 3.5 6. When the Diuell went about to deceiue our first Parents he told them that they should be as gods knowing but good and euill pretending friendship vnto them and offering a pleasant fruit withall 2. Sam. 11. Dauid hee deceiued with his pleasing sinne wantonnesse Ahab vvith couetousnesse Pharaoh his heart hee hardened with lying words The Heathens with vniuersalities and antiquities To conclude no shifts no crafts no deceits but they are knowne vnto him and put in practice by him and in the cunningest fashion that may be How commeth it to passe that I heare this of thee These words as I said doe also teach that the Lord is displeased with the sinnes of a bad Steward a wicked and sinfull man For they secretly and openly doe include and carry a kinde of reprehension and increpation as though hee should say Why hast thou dealt falsely in thy Stewardship and gotten thee so ill a report Thou are worthy to be blamed for thy perfidiousnesse and treacherie The consideration whereof should make vs to flee from sinne and wickednes as from the sting and poison of a Serpent For who would perpetrate commit those things which displease his Lord and Master The Psalmograph saith The Lord doth abhorre both the bloud-thirsty and deceitfull man Againe hee saith I hate the sinnes of vnfaithfulnesse there shall no such cleaue vnto me These foure things may perswade vs that God most perfectly hateth sinne and all manner of naughtinesse 1. Comminations and threatnings in the Scriptures 2. Sinne breaketh friendship between God and Man 3. God neuer made sinne hee neuer procured it he desireth it not nor alloweth it 4. The Lords punishments inflicted vpon sinners As touching the first the Lords threatnings and comminations wee may easily perswade our selues that God detesteth sinne because he so horribly and fearfully thundereth out most dreadfull sentences against sinners such as these Mat. 3.10 Now also is the Axe put to the roote of the Trees therefore Euery Tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewne downe Ezek. 8.4 and cast into the fire Againe The soule that sinneth Rom 6. Rom. 2.9 shall dye the death And that saying of Paul The reward of sinne is death Tribulation and anguish shall bee vpon the soule of euery one that doth euill All which and many other such terrible sayings are true and in force against all impenitent faithlesse persons Secondly sinne breaketh friendship betweene God and Man and therefore must needs be most displeasing vnto God If two are deare friends and loue one another entirely and are loth to liue at variance If these fall at variance then we make no doubt but that that which breaketh friendship is most displeasing vnto him which forsaketh his old friend Now God is most louing kinde gracious and mercifull vnto man till sinne doth domineere and raigne in his body and then man breaking and treacherously dealing sinning and offending his God there is a present separation Esai 59.1 2 3. as Esay doth testifie Behold saith he the hand of the Lord is not so shortned but that it can saue nor his eare so dull but that it can heare But your iniquities doe make a separation betweene you and your God and your sinnes doe make him to hide his face from you and not heare for your hands are defiled with bloud and your fingers with cruelty your lips do speake that which is false and your tongue doth speake frowardnesse Note I beseech you the cause of the breach of friendship and falling out betweene God and the people Their sinnes their iniquities This is also proued by those speeches that Samuel vsed to Saul 1. Sam. 15.23 Thou hast said he cast away the words of the Lord therefore the Lord hath cast away thee Where it is proued that the cause of Sauls abiection was his owne wilfull reiection of God and his Word first Thirdly God neuer made sinne For he saw all things that he had made loe they were very good Gen. 1.31 He approueth it not nor alloweth the perpetration of it but threatneth destruction to the Lyer and Doer of wickednes For his heart abhorreth such Psal 5.4 5 6. where the Prophet speaketh vnto God thus Thou art not a God that loueth wickednesse neither shall euill dwell with thee The foolish shall not stand in thy sight for thou hatest all them that worke iniquity Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes Psal 92.15 the Lord will abhorre the bloudy man and deceitfull As hee is righteous and void of iniquitie So hee alloweth righteousnesse and hateth sinne in euery place and person Fourthly the iust iudgements and punishments which GOD inflicteth vpon the wicked for sinne manifestly proue that he is displeased with the same Hee spared not Dauid a King and a Prophet for Adultery and Murther neither the Sichemites and Beniamites for rauishing Dina the Daughter of Iacob nor Absalom for treason nor Saul for tyrannie nor Rehoboam Iereboam Sennacherib for cruelty Herod Nebuchadnezzar Lucifer for pride Pharaoh for incredulitie and hardnesse of his heart Hee pardoned not Adam and Eua for eating a forbidden fruit and making by the same all mankinde sinners by tainture but cast them out of Paradise he spared not the poore wretch for gathering stickes on the Sabbath day Hee spared not Ananias and Saphira for lying

his power when he shall come to be glorified in his Saints and to be made marueilous in all them that beleeue Abraham in his conference which hee had with the rich Glutton tormented in hell speaketh to this purpose when he said Remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasures and likewise Lazarus paines Luke 16 25. now therefore is he comforted and thou art tormented The fourth reason standing for a proofe may be drawne from Christs glory that as he was dishonoured at his first comming in the flesh wonderfully abased disgraced and humbled so at his second comming hee shall appeare in glorie Matth. 25.31 The fift reason which the ancient Father setteth down in stead of a proofe is probable and it is taken from the Rainbow in which are two colours ceruleus seu aqueus color purpureus seu igneus color The gray and watrie colour and the purple or fiery colour Ceruleus seu aqueus color indicat mundum aquis diluvij perijsse eo modo nunquam deinceps deleturum iri That is the gray or watry colour doth shew that the world perished with the waters of the Flood and neuer after shall be destroyed after that manner That is proued Gen. 9. where it is said That God set the Rainbow in the skie as a true externall signe that the earth shall neuer be ouerflowne againe with the waters of a Floud Now the other colour purpureus seu igneus color significat mundum deinceps in extremo iudicio igne transiturum That is to say The purple or fierie colour doth shew vnto vs that the world hereafter in the last Iudgement shall passe away and be purged with fire And this is proued and will fall out true 2. Pet. 3.7 The sixt is the horrible promulgation of the Law in mount Sinai in thundring lightning and flames of fire threatning most horrible punishment to the offendours and inforce withall the maledictions and tortures denounced in the same against all impenitent persons and infidels which doth proue that there is a day of Iudgement and account For whereas these wicked ones rather flourish here then receiue punishment there must needes bee a iudgement and account taken of these delinquents and another life that those things that God hath spoken may take true effect that the fulfillers of the Law which are the faithfull in Christ may haue life and the impenitent transgressours death eternall For the Lord knoweth how to deliuer the godly out of temptation 2. Pet. 2.9 and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement for to bee punished And according to this a mans conscience doth minister many times feare or hope vnto him according as his deedes haue beene Ouid. Fast pri Conscia mens vt cuiquè sua est ita concipit intra Pectora pro meritis spemque metumque suis Lastly diuers signes and tokens of the last Iudgement which were foretold of the Prophets of Christ and the Apostles that should goe before this Day and time of account are accomplished And therefore there is a day of Iudgement and an account 1. Pet. 4.7 Mat. 24.33 and it is at hand These predictions and foresignes are most set downe Math. 24. where it is shewed that there shall be many false Christs and false prophets many heresies errours and sects Which we see to be true not onely among the Romanists and Rhemists but euen the more is the pitie many sectaries and factious persons arise among our selues Againe we haue had warres and rumours of warres Moreouer there haue beene famines pestilences and earthquakes and that within our times that are now liuing wee need not seeke for further proofes nor examples for if wee would we might haue many To speake of signes in the Sunne Moone or Starres coldnesse of charitie and the rest would make me too tedious therefore I will leaue them and many other foretellings as apparent truthes already fulfilled and yeelded vnto of all them that are true and settled Christians Onely let me begge of you that are Readers of this Treatise to hearken to the vse of my doctrine wherein I will be so briefe that my beginning and end shall almost be knit together First this doctrine auaileth to confute Epicures and Atheists and mockers of this doctrine of Christes comming to Iudgement to take this accompt who say as the Apostle hath 2. Pet. 3. Where is the promise of his comming For since the Fathers died all things continue alike from the beginning of the Creation 2. Epist 3. These the Apostle ouerthroweth by two reasons First in that the false mockers say that all things continue alike since the Creation hee proueth it to be false by the Floud in the daies of Noah Verse 5. For this they know not saith he and that wilfully how that the heauens were of old and the earth consisting of the water and by the water by the Word of God by the which thing the world that then was perished being then ouerrunne with water Secondly he sheweth the manner of the purging of the world in the day of Iudgement by fire saying But the heauens and the earth which are now be kept by his Word in store and reserued vnto fire against the day of iudgement and perdition of vngodly men Therefore all things haue not neither will continue alwaies alike and yet these wicked Atheists as heretofore so still perseuere in their wicked course of life and incourage one another to securitie and pleasures Esa 56.12 they say Come let vs take wine and we will fill our selues with strong drinke and to morrow shal be as this day Wisdom 2. and much more abundant They say Come and let vs enioy the pleasures that are present and let vs cheerfully vse the creatures as in youth let vs fill our selues with costly wine and oyntments and let not the flower of life passe by vs. Let vs crowne our selues with Rose-buds before they be withered Let vs be partakers of our wantonnesse let vs leaue some tokens of our pleasures in euery place for that is our portion and this is our lot These men liue rocked and lulled in the cradle of securitie as though there were no death certaine no account to bee made no hell at all Which thing the Poet lamented when he said euen mournfully Eheu sic viuunt homines tanquam mors nulla sequatur Et veluti infernus fabula vana foret Heb. 9.27.28 But let these men consider that as it is in holy Writ it is appointed to all men to die once and after death commeth iudgement and that the carelesse and bad Steward must come to reckoning And as the Wise man hath God will call man to account for all these things for all these fooleries and sinnes Secondly this doctrine auaileth to comfort the godly afflicted Erit olim viciscitudo there wil once be a change Their sorrow will once bee turned into ioy eternall All teares once shall be