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Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughs.Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Showeth that a believer hath Rest in Christ in all troubles he can meet with in the world, which is laid out in four Particulars, 1. All afflictions are at his disposal. 2. In him the curse is taken away. 3. They stand with Gods love. 4. They are measured by God.
Sheweth that a beleever hath Rest in Christ in all troubles he can meet with in the world, which is laid out in four Particulars, 1. All afflictions are at his disposal. 2. In him the curse is taken away. 3. They stand with Gods love. 4. They are measured by God.
Now we come to the fifth Burden: you may remember the fifth Burden was, The Burden of outward affliction, come to me, saith Christ, you that are burdened with the guilt of your sins, you that are burdened with Legal performances, you that are burdened with remaining corruption that is in you, come to me and I will give you Rest; Now what Rest have been from all those you have heard. Now Lastly, come to me, you that are under the burden of afflictions, for that is a Yoke as we opened when we handled the point of being Laden, the Burden of affliction, bodily afflictions, or spiritual afflictions: come to me, and you shall have Rest. Now the spiritual afflictions have been spake of much in the handling of the former burden, and yet may be somewhat more afterwards when I shall come to speak about spiritual desertions, those kind of afflictions, that many times are upon Christians, and there is Rest unto their Souls in regard of them. But for the present all that I shall say now is, about outward afflictions, come to me, and you shall have Rest, The afflictions of sickness and poverty, and persecution, and dishonour, and trouble here in this world. For we are to know, that there is Rest in Christ even in regard of this, and abundance of Rest. Those that are acquainted with the mystery of godliness, and ⟨p. 349⟩the way of Gods Grace in Christ, though they may meet with much trouble in this world, yet they find abundance of Rest of spirit in Christ, in regard of those troubles.