Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

You will say, doth not God sometimes chastise his people for their sins? what if the affliction comes to me for my sin, can I have rest then? It is true, if the affliction come to me for my trial, then the root may be from his love, but I have sinned against God, I have abused my estate, my conscience tells me, I have not honoured God with my estate and therefore the Lord hath taken it from me, and spoiled me of all, and can I look upon this as the root of Gods love?

You wil say, doth not God sometimes chastise his people for their sins? what if the affliction comes to me for my sin, can I have rest then? It is true, if the affliction come to me for my tryal, then the root may be from his love, but I have sinned against God, I have abused my estate, my conscience tels me, I have not honored God with my estate and therefore the Lord hath taken it from me, and spoiled me of al, and can I look upon this as the root of Gods love?

Now to that I answer, though this be a certain thing, and will and must hold, notwithstanding all the late, wanton conceits of men, and all the vanities of their thoughts which shall come to nothing, yet this shall hold, that God doth chastise his people for sins and offences, that is not a part for me to enter upon, yet still it holds forth this, That at that time when God chastiseth for sin, at that time their afflictions come out of love, from a principle of Love, even when God chastiseth them for their sins.

Now to that I answer, though this be a certain thing, and will and must hold, notwithstanding all the late, wanton conceits of men, and all the vanities of their thoughts which shal come to nothing, yet this shal hold, that God doth chastise his people for sins and offences, that is not a part for me to enter upon, yet stil it holds forth this, That at that time when God chastiseth for sin, at that time their afflictions come out of love, from a principle of Love, even when God chastiseth them for their sins.