A01981:827
The saints sacrifice
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentary on the CXVI. Psalm Which is, a gratulatory psalm, for deliverance from deadly distress. By William Gouge, D.D.The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1632
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This is the best, truest, and surest rest: a rest that sustaineth a mans infirmity: ba rest that not only quieteth the soul when the body is disquieted, but also moderateth and mitigateth the disquietness of the body. This maketh us eglory in tribulations. What made fPeter to sleep quietly between soldiers, bound with chains? What made gPaul and S•las, having been sorely scourged, cast into prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks, at midnight to sing? Surely this spiritual rest wherein their souls were reposed: this peace of God. This being the best rest, God provideth it for his best-beloved.
This is the best, truest, and surest rest: a rest that sustaineth a mans infirmity: ba rest that not only quieteth the soule when the body is disquieted, but also moderateth and mitigateth the disquietnesse of the body. This maketh us eglory in tribulations. What made fPeter to sleepe quietly betweene souldiers, bound with chaines? What made gPaul and S•las, having beene sorely scourged, cast into prison, and their feet made fast in the stockes, at midnight to sing? Surely this spirituall rest wherein their soules were reposed: this peace of God. This being the best rest, God provideth it for his best-beloved.
- bSee The whole Armour of God▪ Treat. 2. part. 5 §. 724.
- e