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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02843	A sermon of the stewards danger preached at Paules Crosse the 15. of August by Iohn Hayward ; and now published at the earnest request of diuers well disposed.	Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627.	1602 (1602)	STC 12984.5; ESTC S122933	21,688	62

Isaac his children and all his riches and health for the time from Iob and life from Iohn the Baptist. While God either trieth the faith and patience of his children here or gathereth them vnto himselfe in heauen Sometime they are taken away in Gods anger and to their losse that lose them while they are iustly spoyled of God for their wickednes and vnworthines As the land was taken from the Canaanites when their sinnes were growne to ripenes the kingdom was taken from Saul because he obeyed not the voyce of God and the talent taken from the slouthfull seruant and he throwne into vtter darknes And such a taking away in anger is that remouing from his stewardship that the wastfull steward is threatned withall in my text When the Lord that had deliuered his talents to his seruants was returned home hee called them all to account They which had faithfully vsed their talents and gained by their faithfulnes to the honour of their Lord these for their labour receiued reward and were put in trust with better things and entred into their masters ioy This translating into ioy was no deposing from their stewardship though they had no longer the occupying of the first things but a great inlarging of their libertie in their Lords house and an aduancement to a kingdome But the slouthfull seruant that had hid his talent in the ground and had gained no glorie vnto God by the vse of his gifts hee was spoyled of his talent and cast emptie into outward darknes and that spoyling was a finall deposing from his stewardship Here then are we taught that those that doe waste and mispend the gifts of God shall be deposed some sooner some later at length al whosoeuer abuse vnprofitablie and wickedlie the good things that God hath indued thē withall Euill Kings shall be pulled out of their thrones whither ambitiously oftentimes not without perill and bloud they haue climed For it is written He hath put downe the mightie from their seate Euill rich men shall be spoyled of their riches which couetously oftentimes not without sweate of body and care of mind they had heaped together For it is written He hath sent away the rich emptie Wisedom ingrafted by nature increased by learning made seruiceable by experience shall be taken away when wicked men turne it into hurtful fraud As it is written Iob. 5.13 He taketh the wise in their craftines and the counsell of the wicked is made foolish So all the gifts of the bodie so all the powers of the mind For to him that hath that is vseth faithfully that which hee hath it shall be giuen and he shall haue abundance but from him that hath not that is mispendeth that he hath shall be taken away euen that which he hath The vineyard that bore wild grapes spoyled of all defence was laide wide open to be wasted Esa. 5.5 the fig tree that flourished with leaues and bore no fruite was cursed and withered away Matth. 21.19 The Husbandmen that sent not vnto the Lord of the vineyard his fruite in due season were destroied and the vineyard let forth to others Matth. 21.41 Euery tree that beareth not good fruite shall bee hewen downe and cast into the fire Luk. 3.9 And euery fielde that drinketh in the raine that falleth vpon it and beareth thornes and briars is reproued and is neere vnto cursing whose ende is to be burned Heb. 6.8 In plaine words euery one of you that read and heare these words and euery child of man whatsoeuer that is found vpon his or her account to haue wasted their masters goods shall be spoyled of all the graces and gifts of God and thrust emptie as a reiected seruant out of Gods house Let vs all then consider this and let euery one thinke vpon it We are Gods Stewards and we haue many precious portiōs of his goods in vse Some things in common some things in priuate We haue abundance of peace we haue sufficiency of wealth we haue the libertie of the Gospell we haue iust lawes and prudent Iudges wee haue a gracious Queene and artes and sciences flourish among vs. These are general wherin euery man hath his part And wee haue also euery one our priuat preferments The condition of retayning them is to be good Stewards Esa. 1.19 If ye consent and obey ye shall eate the good things of the Land and a sure way of losing al is to be euil Stewards Esa. 1.20 But if yee refuse and be rebellious ye shall be deuoured with the sword for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it What then is to be done of vs but that while time yet permitteth and while it is called to day wee examine our accounts and where any thing is amisse through our former negligence and riot that wee correct it and amend it by repentance and make speede herein not putting off from daye to daye least his wrath breake forth and the sentence irreuocable come forth Thou maist be no longer Steward And let God haue his part set before him in holines and let men haue their parts performed to them in iustice and Psal. 115.16 Psal. 115.16 Ierem. 27.5 Ephes. 5.15 1. Pet. 4.2 1. Cor. 6.20 Obiect Gen. 4.7 Esay 59.2 Ierem. 9.12 Prou. 16. ● 1. Pet. 1.7 Mat. 24.49 Luk. 15.3 Deut. 19.16 Numb 15.33 Leuit. 24.11 Reuel 12.10 Iob. 1.11.2.5 Deut. 17.6 Psal. 40.12 Iude 9. Ierem. 6.11 Luk. 1.52 Luk. 1.53 Mat. 25.29