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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.
Sometimes God may serve his own ends in thy prosperity, I but at other times he will serve himself in thy affliction: now if thy Heart be gracious indeed, thou wilt be as willing that God may fetch about his praise in thy affliction, as in thy prosperity, in this a gracious heart rejoiceth. Now if thy heart be right in this, then if God take away thy estate and bring thee into affliction thou mayst be quiet in this that God will be served by my wants, and bring about his ends that way, though thou mayst think that God may be better served by thy prosperity then by thy affliction, I but know this, that God hath glorious ends to bring about, and must have his people suffer to bring about those ends, and therefore this may Cause Rest and quiet of Spirit.
Somtimes God may serve his own ends in thy prosperity, I but at other times he wil serve himself in thy affliction: now if thy Heart be gracious indeed, thou wilt be as willing that God may fetch about his praise in thy affliction, as in thy prosperity, in this a gracious heart rejoyceth. Now if thy heart be right in this, then if God take away thy estate and bring thee into affliction thou mayst be quiet in this that God wil be served by my wants, and bring about his ends that way, though thou mayst think that God may be better served by thy prosperity then by thy affliction, I but know this, that God hath glorious ends to bring about, and must have his people suffer to bring about those ends, and therefore this may Cause Rest and quiet of Spirit.
Sixthly, Come to me, saith Christ, you shall have Rest in trouble and affliction, for not only you shall be serviceable to God for his ends, but all your afflictions shall be Sanctified for your own good to you, God intends it and you shall have a Sanctified use in them and this is more then removing the curse, the Sanctified use notes a mighty operation of God in the affliction to fetch out good unto thy Soul.
Sixthly, Come to me, saith Christ, you shal have Rest in trouble and affliction, for not only you shal be serviceable to God for his ends, but al your afflictions shal be Sanctified for your own good to you, God intends it and you shal have a Sanctified use in them and this is more then removing the curse, the Sanctified use notes a mighty operation of God in the affliction to fetch out good unto thy Soul.