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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

preserued at this generall and great Assize and they that cannot shall bee tumbled downe to the pit of perdition But because secure and carelesse men Epicures and Atheists deny this great and strict account that shall bee taken at the last Day 2. Pet. 3.3 4. according to Saint Peters prediction which telleth vs that in the last dayes there shall come mockers of Christs cōming to Iudgement to take this account And these are the last dayes in which wee see by many workes of the wicked liuing in Atheisme and Epicurisme that they are so perswaded and differ nothing as appeareth from the wicked iudgement of Paulus Tertius the Pope who when there was a speech made vnto him of this account at the last Iudgement said vnto Cardinall Bembus O Bembe Bembe quantum nobis profuit fabula de Christo making this doctrine a fabulous thing Therefore the more is the pitty the question An sit whether there is any last iudgement is most necessary to bee discussed and spoken of Which whiles I endeuour affirmatiuely to proue I beseech you without partialitie lend mee your yeelding resolutions vnto the truth as it shall be proued And Si tu quid rectius istis Candidus imperti si non his vtere mecum If better then these thou hast in store Let vs haue part and say no more But if thine owne doe thee not please Vse that I haue and rest at ease Psal 100. The first proofe is the Word of God an eternall an infallible truth as our Sauiour doth witnesse speaking thus to his Father a maintainer of it Ioh. 17.17 Sermo tuus est veritas thy Word is the Truth Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophesied prophesied of this day of the Lords comming to take an account saying Behold Iude 14. the Lord commeth with thousands of Saints to giue iudgement against all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly among them of all their wicked deeds which they haue vngodlily committed and of all their cruell speakings which vngodly sinners haue spoken against him In which place the Lords comming to iudgement is plainely foretold and because it is a thing certaine and sure to be therefore hee speaketh in the present Tense and said Behold the Lord commeth And so the high Iudge himselfe speaketh saying Behold I come as a Theefe Reu. 16. speaking in the present Tense as before and not in the future Tense saying I will come And Peter reporteth Act. 10. that the high Iudge our Sauiour Iesus Christ commanded him and the other Apostles to preach vnto the people and to testifie that it is he that is ordained of God a Iudge of quicke and dead And Paul prepareth men by repentance against that Day saying Act. 17.30 31. Now hee admonisheth all men euery where to repent because hee hath appointed a day in the which he will iudge the world in righteousnesse c. The same Paul assureth vs that wee all must appeare before the Iudgement seat of Christ 2. Cor. 5. that euery man may receiue the things which are done in his body according to that he hath done whether it bee good or euill The same Apostle most plainely setteth downe the order and manner of the Lords descension from Heauen to doe this weighty businesse when as he saith 1. Thes 4.16 17 The Lord himselfe shall descend from Heauen with a shout and with the voice of the Archangell and with the Trumpet of God And the dead in Christ shal rise first then we which liue remaine shall bee caught vp with them also in the clouds to meet the Lord in the Aire and so shall we euer be with the Lord. This comming of our Sauiour to iudge and to take this account was foretold of the Angels who standing by him when hee ascended into Heauen and seeing the men of Galilee gazing after him said This Iesus which is taken vp from you shall so come as ye haue seene him goe into heauen And how can we doubt hereof seeing that our Sauiour himselfe euen the high Iudge foresheweth the same Mat. 27. 25. And Saint Mathew setteth downe the order and maner of this Iudgement so plainely that no man led by the Spirit of God can once mutter against his doctrine The second proofe is taken from the end vnto which mankind was made of God God necessarily obtaineth his end And this was the end for which he made mankind that he might be his Image and his eternall Temple wherein he might and should be celebrated to whom he might communicate himselfe his chiefe wisedome goodnesse righteousnesse and felicitie which felicitie is part of the Image of God but this is destroyed and defaced of the Deuill Therefore God which is stronger then the Deuill will restore it And although the end for which man was made is hindred diuers wayes in this life yet the Lord once will attaine vnto it Wherefore there must of necessitie once be a change and an adiudging vnto the same end And here it is admirable to consider how like a Diuine the learned Philosopher aymed and leuelled at this marke and matter For thus hee said Verisimile est hominem ad has miserias non esse conditum sed longè verissimum est praestantissimam creaturam omnium ad meliorem finem conditam esse That is to say It is like to be true that man was not made to endure these miseries but rather it is farre most true that the most excellent creature of all was made to a better end The third proofe is taken from the righteousnesse of God his goodnesse and diuine truth which require that the godly should be perfectly well and the wicked perfectly euill and this falleth not out so many times in this life For here we see the wicked many times flourish with all worldly prosperitie Psal 37.35 luke 16. according to Dauids report and the example of the rich Glutton Therefore there must be another life wherein this iustice of God may appeare that both bodies and soules as they haue beene ioynt partakers of good actions and bad may haue either ioy and comfort or paine terrour and discomforts the wicked may haue tribulation the godly rest And the inchoation of this shall be at this day and time as Paul prooueth where he comforteth the Church of the Thessalonians shewing that their persecuters shall be afflicted and euerlastingly punished at this day and time and the godly rewarded The words are these 2. Thess 1.6 7 8 9 10. It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you and to you which are troubled rest with vs when the Lord Iesus shall shew himselfe from heauen with his mighty Angels in flaming fire rendring vengeance to them that doe not know God and which obey not the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ which shall be punished with euerlasting perdition from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of

THE STEWARDS LAST ACCOVNT DELIVERED IN FIVE 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 MATH 25.13 Watch therefore for yee know neither the day nor the houre when the Sonne of Man will come MATH 12.36 For I say vnto you that of euery idle word that men shall speake they shall giue account thereof at the Day of Iudgement LONDON Printed by George Purslowe for Iohn Clarke and are to be sold at his shop vnder Saint Peters Church in Cornhill 1622. TO THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER in God ARTHVR by Gods prouidence Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells ROBERT BAGNALL wisheth all health and true comfort in this world and eternall happinesse in the World to come AS to the building of the materiall Temple Right Reuerend Father in God and my very Honorable good Lord many co adiutors and fellow-labourers were admitted some more excellent then others yet none were repelled nor reiected although they were of the meaner sort as Morter carriers because they were necessarie Euen so reason willeth and necessitie requireth that they which are lawfully called to the office of the Ministery although they are not Architects yet if they may do good in the Church of God should be suffered to help a little to build vp the Spirituall Temple of the Lord For many hands make light worke The consideration hereof hath emboldened me being as it were the least of the Apostles and also requested of many who saw my notes and heard mee preach them to attempt this worke wherein if I may adde but one mite to the treasurie of the Church to help a little to build the Lords spirituall House I shall thinke my labour well bestowed Howsoeuer I would not with that small Talent which I haue concredited vnto me be like to that euill seruant which made no good vse of his but hid it in the ground and therefore was shamefully reproued The subiect or matter which I haue taken vpon mee to intreat of is of our last account at the generall Assize in the last Day A matter most fitting and beseeming my gray haires going to the graue and requisite for all sorts of people liuing in this carelesse age and very auaileable to shake them out of the cradle of securitie wherein they lye lulled and rocked and to stirre them vp to vigilance and watchfulnesse This worke I confesse is a withered fruit of my old age but if it may obtaine your Honours fauour so farre as to cherish and protect it vnder the shadow of your wings it growing to maturitie in processe of time may obtaine some fauour in the world especially among the Children of God whom it may somewhat benefit I therefore beseech your good Honour and reuerend Paternitie being a most godly and vigilant Watchman ouer vs all to patronize this my Doctrine of warchfulnesse and to take in good part my endeuours therin hoping that it may make many waking and looking for the Lords second comming to their saluation So crauing your Honourable fauour herein I humbly take my leaue Resting as dutie bindeth me your Honours poore Minister vnder God in all Christian dutie to bee ordered and commanded ROBERT BAGNALL TO THE GODLY READER GRACE MERCY and Peace from God the Father c. AS in the contriuing managing and bringing to good effect worldly businesses that tend to the maintenance of the body in this present life we account opportunitie of time and fit occasions the greatest furtherers and losse of time the greatest hinderers and therefore in euery thing wee take the fittest time as in planting sowing gathering in the fruits of the earth and all other affaires So nothing doth more helpe in the course of Piety and further our iourney to eternall life then to be vigilant and carefull to take all times and occasions to serue God and to let no time passe away vnprofitable For time hasteth away and tarrieth for no man and foolishly spent cannot be recalled And therefore the Heathens painted out Time with wings at her hands and also at her feet with a locke of haire before but bald behinde This velocitie of time and irrecuperablenesse of her being carelessely and idly let slip Bernard laid downe to his Schollers when hee said Bern. ad Scho. Volat tempus irreuocabile volat tempus irremeabile nec aduertit insipiens quid amittat c. that is Time flyeth away that cannot bee recalled Time flyeth away that cannot come againe and foolish man doth not consider what he loseth and yet alas hee loseth all the good vse of time and all the benefit that hee might make of the same when it offereth it selfe Basil And therefore Basil well said Nemo vsum temporis habere queat nisi quis cum se offert arripiat that is no man can receiue any profit of Time but he that speedily layeth hold on it when it offereth it selfe Let the parabolicall example of the ten Virgins teach and admonish vs herein and make vs take Bildad the Shuhites counsell Early to seeke the Lord and seeke him while he may be found and speedily to goe about the Lords businesse Exod. 25. as the Cherubims did and therefore were pourtraied with wings before the place where the Israelites prayed O good Christian Reader consider I beseech thee what a foolish thing it is for thee to let time passe away securely to let thy reckonings runne so long without any examination of thy life and doings and without calling thy wayes to account that thou shouldest be growne obdurate past sense and feeling yea and so forgetfull of thy dealings that thou canst not bring in a true reckoning Consider this in time and call thine owne wayes to remembrance sleepe no longer in securitie but be sober and watch that thou maist not bee called to account when thou thinkest not thereof and be found false therein and so he proued and conuicted a false Steward Securitie will bring thee to extremities and to all these distresses as it did the people in Noah his time in Lots time and many other people in all ages and so it will doe many at the last audit Therefore let me beseech thee yea and perswade thee by the tender mercies of God to suffer mee to pull thee backe by the sleeue from running into the pit of perdition haue thy bookes of account in a readinesse be a vigilant and watchfull Steward that at the last Day it may be said vnto thee O well done thou good and faithfull Seruant thou hast been faithfull ouer few things I will make thee Ruler ouer many things enter thou into the ioy of thy Lord. I haue good Christian Reader bestowed my small skill and labour in this Treatise to make thee a good Steward and accountant at the last audit and Generall Assize I pray thee reade the same not with a preiudicate opinion but with a yeelding resolution