CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Fifthly, God will have his people to be in this world, that so Heaven may be the more welcome, that they may desire that eternal glory the more earnestly. The labouring man that hath wrought hard, is glad at night of his resting time. The Scripture calls Heaven a rest, Heb. 4. There remaineth a Rest for the people of God. Oh how welcome will it be after all the troubles, calamities and miseries thou ⟨p. 442⟩hast been tossed with, at last to have Rest! Here in this life, thou hast no Rest, sin troubleth thee, the world troubles thee, thy own heart troubleth thee, but there remains a Rest: And how happy must that be to thee? We are Pilgrims, and it's their blessedness to get home at last. God therefore will have thee lie under all kind of conflicts, spiritual and temporal; he will create one exercise after another, that thou mayest say, We have no abiding place here. Should all things be according to our carnal desires, we would with the Reubenites take up on this side Canaan, because the ground was pleasant and rich; Never did those endangered passengers in Paul's Ship desire more to get to the haven out of all their dangers, then we are out of all these troubles into Heaven.

Fifthly, God will have his people to be in this world, that so Heaven may be the more welcome, that they may desire that eternall glory the more earnestly. The labouring man that hath wrought hard, is glad at night of his resting time. The Scripture cals Heaven a rest, Heb. 4. There remaineth a Rest for the people of God. Oh how welcome will it be after all the troubles, calam•ties and miseries thou ⟨p. 442⟩hast been tossed with, at last to have Rest! Here in this life, thou hast no Rest, sinne troubleth thee, the world troubles thee, thy own heart troubleth thee, but there remains a Rest: And how happy must that be to thee? We are Pilgrims, and it's their blessedness to get home at last. God therefore will have thee lie under all kinde of conflicts, spiritual and temporal; he will create one exercise after another, that thou mayest say, We have no abiding place here. Should all things be according to our carnal desires, we would with the Reubenites take up on this side Canaan, because the ground was pleasant and rich; Never did those endangered passengers in Paul's Ship desire more to get to the haven out of all their dangers, then we are out of all these troubles into Heaven.