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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

SERMON OF THE STEWARDS DANGER Preached at Paules Crosse the 15. of August by IOHN HAYVVARD And now published at the earnest request of diuers well disposed LVKE 16.11 12. If then you haue not been faithfull in the wicked riches who will trust you in the true treasure And if you haue not been faithfull in another mans goods who shall giue you that which is yours AT LONDON Printed for Humfrey Lownes and are to be sold at his shop at the West doore of Paules 1602. THE STEWARDS DANGER LVKE 16.1 2. 1. And he said also vnto his Disciples there was a certaine rich man which had a Steward and he was accused vnto him that he wasted his goods 2. And he called him and said vnto him how is it that I heare this of thee Giue an account of thy Stewardship for thou maist be no longer Steward OVr blessed Sauiour in this place rehearseth a Parable of a rich man and his steward that before he was to leaue his office prouided for himselfe whereof to liue afterward By the example of whose wisdome he teacheth al men that are stewards to the most rich God all the time of their abiding in this world before they leaue their office and deliuer vp their account to prouide wisely for the time following that they may then haue whereof to liue in another world The parable reacheth vnto the eight verse and from thence vnto the fourteenth reacheth the application of the parable in the doctrine that from the parable our Sauiour Christ deliuereth In the parable occupying seauen verses we are to consider the persons whereof report is made and the report that is made of them the persons are named to be a rich man and his steward in the beginning of the first verse The report made of them reacheth to the end of the seauenth verse The report hath in it two things the daunger of the steward and the remedie which he deuised aforehand to helpe afterwarde The stewards daunger is in the two verses of my text The remedie that he deuised is in the next fiue The two verses that report the stewards daunger report also the occasion of his danger The occasion of his daunger was his wastfulnes The daunger occasioned by his wastfulnes is set downe in diuers degrees thereof The first degree was that he was accused to his master to bee a waster in the first verse A second degree of his danger was this that hee was called to giue account A third and last that he must be put from his office These two last degrees are in the second verse And he said also vnto his disciples there was a certaine rich man which had a steward In these words the persons are named of whom the report is made in this parable the one for his wealth is called a rich man there was a certaine rich man the other by his office is called a steward which had a steward And here wee are to consider whom our Sauiour would haue vs to vnderstand by this rich man and his steward that wee may profit our selues by the parable By the rich man wee are to vnderstand almightie God to whom the title of rich doth most properly appertaine because the heauēs and the earth are his and all that is in them Concerning the heauens who shall contend against him Among men the wicked haue no inheritance there no claime they can make no title haue they vnto it The godly haue but it is of the gift of God And they doe not seeke heauen as men desiring to turne God out of the possession that they may hold it to themselues as the vnbeleeuing Gentiles fabulously reported of the giants that made warre against their gods sought to thrust Iupiter out of heauen By which fiction they noted the pride of men that spoyle God of his honour to decke themselues withall The Saints doe not so claime heauen as those that would turne God out of heauen to hold it themselues but they desire heauen in hope there to dwell with God he being King and they citizens of that place Concerning heauen therefore none will contend against the Lord but that it is his He made it of nothing and hath planted there his habitation and throne though the heauen of heauens cannot containe him The Prophet saith Psal. 115.16 The heauens euen the heauens are the Lords But concerning the earth men being in possession of it will perhaps contend against God and say that it is theirs And so indeede it is but of the gift of God as in the same Psalme and verse it followeth But hee hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men Which hauing granted to men for a time he holdeth the right of it in his owne power for euer taking it at his pleasure from them to whom hee had giuen it and constituting new Lords of it As he teacheth vs in Iere. 27.5 saying I haue made the earth the man and the beast that are vpon the ground by my great power and by my outstretched arme and haue giuen it to whom it pleaseth me But now I haue giuen all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babel my seruant But were it so that men helde the earth in absolute right so that they could not be remoued from it and God had no right at all in it yet should they bee beggars compared with God that is Lord of heauen and hee onely worthie the name of rich But now the earth also is the Lords and all that is in it and al that dwell vpon it so that rich men among vs are part of the Lords possession and the riches of the rich among vs are his possession As it is written in Psal. 24.1 The earth is the Lords and all that therein is the world and they that dwell therein This I could not passe ouer vnobserued for your sakes that are pinched daily with many wants One wanteth foode another cloathes a third wāteth a setled dwelling place a fourth peace in his place a fift hath outwarde things but hee wanteth health and strength Another hath the gifts of the bodie but his drie soule is thirstie his starned soule is hungrie he wanteth the knowledge of the truth he wanteth wisedome to direct him in prosperitie and aduersitie he wanteth faith and the comfort of Gods spirit and is not able to keep peace and to quiet the troubles of his conscience hee wanteth the grace and help of Gods spirit to subdue and keepe vnder the lusts of his flesh And it may bee those things which men haue not they know not where to haue and being themselues beggars they know not where the rich man dwelleth that is able to minister to their wants This rich man most rich I shew you this day aske of him and you shall receiue seeke at his hands and you shall finde knocke at his doore and it shall be opened vnto you If foode bee wanting hee giueth foode to

where Iohn saith I saw the dead both great and small stand before God and the bookes were opened and another booke was opened which is the booke of life and the dead were iudged of those things which were written in the bookes according to their workes The booke of life is the register of heauen containing the ●ames of Gods elect The other bookes that were opened wherein their workes were seene were the registers of their consciences then laid open before Gods iudgement seate So that now we haue found two witnesses and two accusers to come foorth against vs the diuel that prouoked and thine owne conscience priuie to thy sinne And against this second accuser no exception to bee taken when thine owne heart speaketh in thine owne cause There are yet more accusers The very sinnes which thou hast committed shall accuse thee yea alreadie long since haue accused thee For so soone as thou committest them their crie ascendeth vp into heauen they appeare against thee before God and the remembrance of them remaineth vnto iudgement except by repentance and faith in the bloud of Christ they be done away God saith to Cain Gen. 4.10 The voyce of thy brothers bloud crieth vnto me from the ground Hee saith vnto Abraham Gen. 18.20 The crie of Sodome and Gomorrah is great and their sinne 〈◊〉 exceeding grieuous That is their grieuous sinnes crie alowd in my eares against them Esay 59. vers 12. in his complaint the Prophet hath these words Our transgressions are many before thee and our sins testifie against vs. And Iames 5.3 the Apostle saith Your gold and siluer is cankred and the rust of them shall be a witnes against you and shall eate your flesh as it were fire You haue heaped vp treasures for the last daies Behold the hire of the labourers which haue reaped your fields which is of you kept backe by fraud crieth and the cries of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes Al these places of scripture testifie that our sinnes by vs committed doe accuse vs and they remaine euidence vpon record against vs to conuince vs to haue bin wastfull stewards And their mouth accusing vs cannot be stopped but by speedie conuersion vnto God And of these witnesses and accusers a clowde a tempest an armie yea a world is ascended vp against vs vnto God and hath cried out and still doth against vs. Infinite prophanations of holie things the prophanation of Gods holy name of his holy Sabboths of his holy word of his holy Sacraments of his holie religion Infinite wrongs and iniuries while euery one defraudeth another oppresseth another and spoyleth another Infinite excesses in wantonnes vncleannes and pride in furfetting drunkennes and idlenes and other our infinite sinnes Whereof the Prophet saith for his part that his sinnes were more in number then the haires of his head And we may well say for our parts that our sinnes are more in number then the starres of heauen then the sand on the sea shore These sinnes long since haue begun and cease not still with open crie to accuse vs to be wasters of our masters goods and yet we are secure as if none durst once open his mouth against vs. And what canst thou except against these accusers when it shall appeare that they are thy iniquities There is yet another accuser most faithfull and most incorrupt whom no mans greatnes can make to feare nor any mans gift blind that shall both accuse and condemne doing al things both with truth and with authoritie and that is the word of God both written and spoken The word and testimonie which we haue heard shall testifie against vs that we haue been better taught and would not amend And the Prophets Apostles and messengers of the Lord of hostes that haue spokē vnto vs in his name shall come foorth and say We haue shewed them the way wherein they should walke and they chose rather to walke after the stubbornnes of their owne heart Iesus saith vnto the Iewes Ioh. 5.45 Doe not thinke that I will accuse you vnto my Father there is one that accuseth you euen Moses in whom ye trust And Ioh. 12.47 If a man heare my words and beleeue not I iudge him not for I came not to iudge the world but to saue the world He that refuseth me and heareth not my words hath one that iudgeth him the word that I haue spoken it shall iudge him at the last day Thus the word of God and his ministers accuse and condemne Which is not to be vnderstood as if Moses and the other seruants of God should come foorth in person to accuse or as if the word of God written or pronounced should found out against vs but the remembrance thereof in our consciences shall crie out against vs and accuse vs before God to whom the secrets of al hearts shall be manifest When we shall say in our selues and against our selues in such a booke leafe and chapter of the holy Scripture I read it and at such a Sermon in such a place and time and from the mouth of such a minister of God I heard it deliuered with authoritie my conscience euen trembling and quaking at the hearing of it That I should not lie nor blaspheme nor curse nor raile nor speake filthilie but that I should speake the trueth and glorifie God and giue holesome and good counsell to my neighbour And that I should not steale nor cousin nor deceiue nor oppresse nor vse false waights nor packe wares deceitfully but giue my selfe to honest labour and deale truly in bargaining and vse others as I would haue them vse me And that I should not delight in chambering and wantonnes in fornication and vncleannes but should keepe my vessell in holines and in honour and my body chast as a cleane temple for the holy Ghost and should vse the lawfull remedie of honourable mariage if the gift of continencie were wanting vnto me And that I should not be wrathfull furious cruell smiting wounding and killing but should be meeke louing and mercifull helping by all means to cherish and maintaine life And that I should not delight in surfetting and drunkennes consuming wastfully y ● creatures of God which others want and perish for want of them but that I should feed soberly that my very eating and drinking might be to the glorie of God that I should breake my bread to the hungry and refresh the thirsty soule And that I should feare God and flie the lusts of the flesh That I shuld call vpon God not trust in my wealth And should sanctifie his Sabboths and loue the assemblies of his Saints and serue God in spirit truth And when I read and heard these things which I now remember Gods spirit working together with his word told me that these were the holie rules of God that in keeping of them there was great reward and the contempt breaking of them was death