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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.
No question but those that were stung with the fiery serpents, they felt an intolerable pain, and when they looked upon the brazen serpent, they had rest, and they could say, now I have ease, now I have rest; So the curse of God in affliction is the venom, and those that are ready to rave, and are almost mad in affliction, and are so extremely discontented, it is to be suspected concerning them, that the curse of God is upon them.
No question but those that were stung with the fiery serpents, they felt an intolerable pain, and when they looked upon the brasen serpent, they had rest, and they could say, now I have ease, now I have rest; So the curse of God in affliction is the venom, and those that are ready to rave, and are almost mad in affliction, and are so extreamly discontented, it is to be suspected concerning them, that the curse of God is upon them.
But now another that is under as great an affliction as thou art, can lie sweetly, and contentfully, and blessing God under any affliction, thou wonderest at it that he can lie so joyful, blessing of God under so much ⟨p. 355⟩affliction, the Lord hath taught him a way to worm his affliction, the Lord hath taught him a way to deliver his soul from the curse of the affliction, the curse is gone and he by exercising faith upon Christ hath comfort in removing of the curse, and this gives him Rest in time of affliction.
But now another that is under as great an affliction as thou art, can lie sweetly, and contentfully, and blessing God under any affliction, thou wonderst at it that he can lie so joyfull, blessing of God under so much ⟨p. 355⟩affliction, the Lord hath taught him a way to worm his affliction, the Lord hath taught him a way to deliver his soul from the curse of the affliction, the curse is gone and he by exercising faith upon Christ hath comfort in removing of the curse, and this gives him Rest in time of affliction.