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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
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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.
But saith Christ these things have I spoken, in me ye shall have peace, though ye have trouble in the world, I will not free you from trouble, but I will give you peace to your Souls in those troubles, in me ye shall have peace, though in the world you have trouble, and be of good cheer I have overcome the world, though you shall have troubles in the world, yet I will give you Rest, for I have overcome the world, and therefore be of good cheer, for all the troubles that you shall meet withal, shall not take away the peace of your spirits, the Rest of your Souls.
But saith Christ these things have I spoken, in me ye shal have peace, though ye have trouble in the world, I will not free you from trouble, but I wil give you peace to your Souls in those troubles, in me ye shal have peace, though in the world you have trouble, and be of good chear I have overcome the world, though you shall have troubles in the world, yet I will give you Rest, for I have overcome the world, and therefore be of good chear, for all the troubles that you shal meet withal, shall not take away the peace of your spirits, the Rest of your Souls.
So that then here the point that now we are to enter upon, is, That in Christ there is Rest in the midst of all afflictions, of all troubles that we can meet withal in this world. For,
First, A believer coming to Christ, must needs have Rest whatsoever afflictions he meets withal, for when he is come to Christ, he may in him come to know that there is no affliction either doth or can befall him, but is at the dispose of him that is his Father, and the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, and is not this a great deal of Rest? To know that what comes unto me, though there be such and such instruments, evil instruments to bring trouble upon my estate, or name, or otherwise, yet I know that all this is by the wise ordering and disposing of that God that is the Father of Jesus Christ, and in him is now my Father. Were it that you could be all assured of this now, that you should never hence forward, have any loss in your estate, any sickness in your body, any trouble