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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53265	New-England pleaded with, and pressed to consider the things which concern her peace at least in this her day, or, A seasonable and serious word of faithful advice to the churches and people of God, primarily those in the Massachusets Colony, musingly to ponder, and bethink themselves, what is the tendency, and what will cetainly be the sad issue, of sundry unchristian and crooked wayes which too too [sic] many have been turning aside unto, if persisted and gone on in delivered in a sermon preached at Boston in New-England, May 7, 1673, being the day of election there / by Urian Oakes ...	Oakes, Urian, 1631-1681.	1673 (1673)	Wing O21; ESTC W23179	65,078	72

then by arguing ab Vtili and demonstrating the advantagiousness and expediency of any course or duty Hence the Lord when he would reason his people into a Care and Conscience of universal obedience to his Commandments in general argues from this Topick or Head of Argument Vt tibi benè sit That it may go well with thee Deut. 4.40 5.29 6.3 18. 12.28 So may I reason in this case from the profit and advantage of such a course of consideration A person or people do consult their own good and singular advantage in it Hereby they may come to understand the signs of the Times the want of which skill our Saviour taxeth severely Matth. 16.2 3. Men are usually wise to discern the signs of the Weather and can probably conjecture when it will be fair and when it will be foul Weather but this is Wisdome indeed to understand and discern the dispensations of God in a way of Mercy or Iudgement beforehand and to know what God is doing or about to do with them As men can by the Aspect of the Sky prognosticate what Weather it will be so they may be able to make a Iudgement of their condition and what is like to become of them by the Aspect of their own wayes and deportments towards the Lord. Hereby they may know what to expect from the Lord whether Mercy or Judgement according to the ordinary Rule and Tenour of Gods dispensations Hereby they may be 〈…〉 to Repentance and the casting away or turning from those iniquities and transgressions that are otherwise sure to be their Ruine Ezek. 18.30 31. Mark those steps ver 28. Because he considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed he shall surely live he shall not die Consideration makes way for Repentance and Conversion and this for life and happiness Serious consideration of the nature and End of our wayes leads the way to Repentance and Reformation Hereby they may be quickned and helped to meet God when he is coming forth in the way of his Iudgements in a way of Humiliation and Supplication Amos 4.12 and to wait for him in the way of his Iudgements Isa. 26.8 And if there be any way to avert the Judgements of God this is it Hereby they may know how to order their Prayers and get into the gap and prevent the Judgements of God that are in their way towards them and obviate them And it is of singular use to Magistrates Ministers Governours of these and those Societies that have Power and Interest and are in a capacity to lead on in a way of Reformation and to command those that are under them to keep the way of the Lord Gen. 18.19 Hereby they will come to see the Justice of God in his severest Corrections and learn to justifie him in all his proceedings and accept the punishment of their iniquities and bear the indignation of the Lord because they have sinned against him When they consider aright the scope and ten●ency the inequality and demerit of their own wayes they will readily apprehend the Justice and Equitableness of God's hand in bringing a miserable End upon them So that it is the great Interest and therefore Wisdome of a people in these and other respects to consider their latter end I shall onely adde for a close h●●e That the Reasons given as they demonstrate it to be the wisdome of any people in general to consider their latter End so they may be argued à Fortiori as to a people circumstanced as Israel was Because they are peculiarly advantaged for the Indagation or Discovery of the End and Issue of their wayes and are in the best capacity to finde out and pass a right Judgement upon the tendency and conclusion of them As also because the end of their sinful wayes impenitently persisted in must needs be worse then of any other people They cannot sin at so cheap a rate or expect so few stripes for their disobedience or look for such moderation from God in the inflicting of his Judgements and execution of his Threatnings or rationally hope for so tolerable a condition at last as other people that are not like them but far inferiour in their Priviledges and Enjoyments So that it is their great Concern in a peculiar manner to consider what will be the latter End of their un●●table and unbecoming deportments before the Lord. Ierusalem's not remembring her latter end brought her down wonderfully Lam. 1.9 Want of this consideration will ruine any people but it will make way for wonderful and unparallell'd destruction of such as are circumstanced as Israel was as the serious and timous remembrance of the End of their wayes 〈◊〉 in the way for their wonderful Exaltation Vse Of Exhortation First To All that stand here before the Lord in this great Assembly Oh be perswaded to consider your latter End If it be the great wisdome of a people in general the Body of them thus and so circumstanced then also it is the concernment of particular persons understandingly to consider what will be the End and Issue of their sinful deportments before the Lord. Consider what is the true tendency of your wayes and courses whither you are going whether to Happiness or Misery to Heaven or Hell what is like to be your journeys end whither you are bound and where it is probable you shall arrive and take up your abode for Eternity All is well that ends well Therefore 1. Make a right Iudgement of the End of your Actions Solomon layes a Rub in the way of the Young man in his full Career after the Enjoyment of his Lusts when he saith Rejoyce O young man in thy youth and let thy heart chear thee in the dayes of thy youth and walk in the wayes of thy heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement Eccles. 11.9 that is Remember that all thy wayes of sin will end in Judgement or a dreadful sentence of wrath and everlasting separation from God Thou art now pleasing thy self in the wayes of thy own heart accounting practical and serious Piety meer Folly applauding thy Wit and Parts and Policy but in thy latter end thou wilt be a Fool. Now the Gospel is foolishness Religion is foolishness Praying in secret walking humbly and mournfully with God is foolishness in thy deluded apprehension And the people of God that deny themselves and crucifie the flesh with the affections and lusts and will not run with you to the same excess of riot are a company of weak and foolish men in thy valuation but who dost think will be th● fool at last Oh think over and over what will be the end of 〈◊〉 penitency and perseverance in a course of sinning against God 〈◊〉 away your transgressions saith the Lord Ezek 18.30 31. repent and turn from them so iniquity shall not be your ruine importing that ruine will be the end of

labour under And it is a matter of sorrowful and sad Resentment with me that the Nurseries of Piety Learning liberal Education should languish dye away as they do in my Apprehension on this account If this were well considered and provided for I doubt not but our Schools would revive flourish again You have done wel for the New Colledge Thanks be to God as Paul speaks in a Parallel Case 2 Cor. 9.15 for his unspeakable Gift Now therefore perform the doing of it that as there was a readiness to will so there may be a performance also out of that which you have 2 Cor. 8 11. You have done very well for the Reverend President I beseech that the Fellows may be remembred also that there may be a competent comfortable and certain allowance made for their Encouragement who are next to the President the Props and Pillars of that Society and have a c●reful and Laborious Life of it Think not that the Common Wealth of Learning may languish and yet our Civil and Ecclesiastical State be maintained in good plight and Condition The wisdom 〈◊〉 Foresight and Care for future Times of our first Leaders 〈◊〉 nothing more conspicuous and admirable then in the planting of that Nursery and N●w-England is enjoying the sweet fruit of it It becomes all our 〈◊〉 and Worthy Patriots that tread in their steps to water what they have planted to superstruct on their Foundations to support and cherish and go forward with what they have begun and to carry it on to greater perfection Otherwise who sees not what Ignorance and Rudeness and Barbarism will come in like a Floud upon us Where there is a contempt or neglect of Learning there is a degeneracy from the Primitive Spirit and Way as you call it 12. Last●y Consider what will be the Latter End of that great neglect of the Rising Generation among us The Word in my Text which is translated Lat●er End Acharith is sometimes rendred posterity as Psal. 109 13. Let Acharitho his Posterity be cut off It is the very same word with that in the Text which is rendred Latter End And it would be happy if we could be wise to understand this to consider Posterity We make very solemn Complaints to God and one to Another of the Degeneracie of the Rising Generation But are not we to blame Do we not grievously neglect them to instruct them to cherish and promote any good in them to go before them with a gracious Example to watch over them according to the mind of Christ we teach them I am afraid by our Examples to sleight Magistrates to reproach and vilify Ministers to be proud and worldly and Factious and Contentious as if we meant to leave Contention for a● Inheritance to our Children and to provide for the perpetuation of our Brubbles and Divisions to succeeding Generations As if men were so much in love with Contention that it were not enough for them to contend while they live but they had a mind to do it when they are dead I mean to transmit and make over their Strifes and Variances and Emulations and Wraths and Divisions and pe●●y Enmities to after Ages And so to contend and quarrel in respect of the vertue and influence of their Example to the end of the World But alas What good do we do them Our Children are little beholden to us We own them so far as to baptize them But then Fare ye well Children we have nothing more to do with you This is as a wise Man said ingeniously just as you are wont to Brand you Cattel and then turn them into the woods Or as the Popish Priests in the Indies drive scores of Indians to the Wa●●r and Baptize them and set down so many for Christian Converts they have made and then let them run wild into the Woods again to their old Pagan courses I fear God is angry with us on this account Certainly something should be done If we are not agreed in all particulars as to the way and manner and other circumstances yet let us practise so far as we have attained and Fast and Pray and Consult the Scriptures and discourse out things in a Brotherly way without Heats and Animositics and wait upon God for the further and fuller Discovery of his mind to us and be willing that Truth should be Truth how contrary soever to any of our apprehensions Sad it is to consider how many poor Children have their Souls overgrown with Ignorance Atheism Security and Prophaness and are going to Destruction without controll whilest we are contending and quarrelling about these things Oh consider with bowels of Affection and Compassion how sad the latter end of our shameful neglect of Posterity will be Thus Honoured and Beloved in our Lord Let us be perswaded in this our day to consider what will be the latter end of our sinful and unsuitable Depor●ments before the Lord and be sure to make a right Judgement of it To that purpose take these Directions 1. Consult and credit Scripture-Testimony in this matter The good Word of God informs you what the end of these and those wayes will be and is able to make you wise in this respect if you listen to it The Scripture tells us that the end of false Teachers will be according to their works 2 Cor. 11.15 And of those that blindly follow them to fall into the Ditch or Pit of Destruction with them Mat. 15.14 that the end of Worldly mindedness will be Destruction Phil. 3.19 the end of Back-sliding and Apostacy will be the loss of Gods Favour and Perdition Heb. 10.38 39. The end of unfruitfulness will be to be cut down Luk. 13.7 9. and burned Heb. 6.8 That the latter end and wages of sin one word in the Hebrew signifies both end and wayes will be Death Rom. 6.21 The end of the wayes of sin depends upon the constitution of God in his Law and Covenant and the sanction thereof and the Scripture acquaints us faithfully with it If you would understand the end of man you must go into the Sanctuary Psal. 73.17 To hear Gods Counsel and Instruction in the Scripture is the way to be wise in and about your latter end Prov. 19.20 Make Gods Testimonies the men of your counsel as David phraseth it Psal. 119.24 in this matter 2. Consult instructing Examples and Experiences in order to a right Vnderstanding of the latter end of your wayes The Scripture furnisheth you richly with considerable instances The way of Sensuality Security Neglect of Gods Worship Degeneracy of the Children of the Church and corrupting their way ruined the old World The way of Uncleanness and of unnatural Lusts ruined Sodom and Gomorrah the Cities which God overthrew and repented not The way of Persecution and Oppression of the Church of God ruined Pharaoh and his Co-partners and Followers The way of Rebellion against Civil and Ecclesiastical Authority ruined Korah and his Company when they