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A53273 A seasonable discourse wherein sincerity & delight in the service of God is earnestly pressed upon professors of religion delivered on a publick fast at Cambridge in New-England, by the reverend and learned Urian Oakes, late pastor of the church there, and president of Harvard Colledge. Oakes, Urian, 1631-1681. 1682 (1682) Wing O22; ESTC R31761 29,412 40

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for a time You only have I known of all the families of the Earth therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities Amos. 3. 2. He will not let them prosper in their sins as He suffers other men Now hypocrites in the Church cannot brook this discipline but are weary of Gods correction My son saith Solomon Pro. 3. 11. Dispise not the chastning of the Lord neither be weary of His correction The best of Gods People may be weary and saint under it for a time but when they come to themselves and see how righteous it is with God how profitable to themselves they recover themselves and say it is good for them to be afflicted because thereby they are reduced from their strayings into the way of obedience But other men are quite weary of such correction had rather be let alone in their neglect of Gods service then whipt into a better behaviour They love ease andimmunity from affliction more then holiness and obedience Again VI. Weariness of Gods government whereby He would hold them close to His service and obedience Weary they are 1. Of Gods inward government the government of conscience rightly informed from the Word of God and aided by at least a common work of the spirit inthe discharge of its office dictating their work and duty obliging them to the service of God impelling and putting them on to perform it accusing and condemning them for neglect of it or slightness and hypocrisie in it They are weary of this troublesome Conscience that will not let them be quiet in sin endeavour to bribe it corrupt it divert it stop its mouth rock it a sleep and cast off the government of it and get the mastery over their consciences Weary a●so 2. Of Gods outward government whereby they are overawed checked held in from exorbitancies and driven against their mind to the service of God Weary of family government long to be at liberety at their own dispose to live at their own hand that they may not be troubled with commands counsells corrections of pious Parents that would hold them to their duty and engage them to keep the way of the Lord. Weary of Church-discipline and government had rather live at a loose end then under such discipline cannot bear reproofs admonitions the rod of discipline would break the bands and cast away the cords of Christ. Weary of government in the Common wealth would be glad to be rid of pious Rulers that are a terrour to evil works and will not let them sin impan● cannot hear such Masters of restraint long for a change and think they cannot be worse than they are The bottome is They are weary of Gods service Again VII Weariness of spiritual Priviledges that are to be enjoyed in the way of Gods service They are weary of the pleasant things of Ierusalem the Word Worship Ordinances of God liberty to serve Him in the way of His appointments If they could have Baptism for their Children Lord's Supper for themselves enjoy these and those Priviledges without any labour of theirs without any injunction of service they could like it better But all these Priviledges are so charged with duty so clogged and encumbred with service they set at so great a rent of service and pay so dear as they think for their Priviledges that they are weary of them They have little sense or experience of the worth of Priviledges but feel the burden of service and are willing so they may be discharged of the one to part with the other Yea they are full of their mercies and nauseate their Priviledges as much as ever the Israthtes did the Manna Again VIII Weariness many times of their very profession of service and obedience to God A bare empty profession growes a burden to them especially when they have served their turn of it and it is grown out of fashion in the World They repent they are so far engaged as to have taken up a Profession and would desert and abandon it if it were not for shame and they knew how to secure an honourable retreat As they never had experienced the power of godliness so they grow at last to be weary even of the forme of godliness To maintain a Name to live and keep up a Profession of Religion requires more labour and pains then they are willing to bestow upon it But thus you see when a Person or People may be said to be weary of God The second Question should be Whence comes it to pass that a Person or People are weary of God and that this is the generall frame of the Church and People of God sometimes But this would require a very large discourse and I must leave it to some other opportunity USE 1. Of Examination Have we not then great reason to examine our selves narrowly and impartially whether we are not such a People as are weary of God We see the People of the Iews were deservedly charged with it Iacob and Israel were weary of God yea many Churches in New-Testament times on whom more of Light Grace Spirit was shed sorth have been most unworthily weary of the blessed God And what are we that we should plead any priviledge or think our selves secured from such a sinfull frame of spirit as this is I know we have a great opinion of our selves We are ready to think God hath hardly such another People in the World as His People in New-England Hence it will hardly sink into many mens hearts that God should leave New-England and give up His People and Interest here into the hands of Adversaries that are ready enough to stretch forth their hands upon our pleasant things We are prone to imagine the Churches and People of God here are too good to be destroyed or trod down by any foot of pride and violence But I wish there be not more of pride and fancy then of Faith in this opinion I confess the Lord Jesus Christ hath a very glorious interest among us but it is very little beholding to us that have weakened and disparaged it exceedingly by our great miscarriages I know also that there are a number of very choice People among us very dear to God for whom we fare the better at this day And I do indeed hope that God is very unwilling to break up house among us and remove from us Very loath to sell His People for nought when he is not like to increase His wealth by their price Psal. 44. 12. Yea that He feares to speak in His own language Deut. 32. 27. The wrath of the enemy least our adversaries should behave themselves strangely and say our hand is high and the Lord hath not done all this I hope the Lord may be saying at this day as in Hosea 11. 8 9. How shall I give thee up Ob New-England My heart is turned within me my repentings are kindled together I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger Doubtless the Lord remembers the kindness