Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Fourthly, In thy spiritual desertion, thou must look up to Christ, to seek the fulfilling of that promise of his, that he makes to his disciples, to send to them the comforter, When Christ was to leave his disciples (he saith) Be of good cheer; I will send the comforter to you, and therefore be of good cheer. Christ doth comfort his disciples against his absence, he was to go from them, and leave them in regard of his bodily presence. Now Christ was so careful of his poor Servants, that when he was to leave them in regard of his bodily presence he tells them he will send the comforter to them, that is, the Holy Ghost shall come so much the more fully, and he shall manifest me unto you. Now plead this promise of the Lord Christ, in the times of spiritual desertion, and say, Oh blessed Redeemer, wert thou careful of thy disciples, that when thou wert to leave them in regard of bodily presence, that thou wouldst send the Holy Ghost, that should come to testify of thee, and reveal thee to them, and bring things to remembrance, Oh, much more wilt thou have compassion of a poor Soul, from whom thou art absent in a spiritual way, it is a greater affliction to want thee, O blessed Redeemer, in a spiritual way, then to want thy bodily presence, and therefore there is a great deal more need that the comforter should come in now, to supply the want of spiritual presence, then bodily presence.

Fourthly, In thy spiritual desertion, thou must look up to Christ, to seek the fulfilling of that promise of his, that he makes to his disciples, to send to them the comforter, When Christ was to leave his disciples (he saith) Be of good cheer; I will send the comforter to you, and therefore be of good cheer. Christ doth comfort his disciples against his absence, he was to go from them, and leave them in regard of his bodily presence. Now Christ was so careful of his poor Servants, that when he was to leave them in regard of his bodily presence he tels them he wil send the comforter to them, that is, the Holy Ghost shal come so much the more fully, and he shal manifest me unto you. Now plead this promise of the Lord Christ, in the times of spiritual desertion, and say, Oh blessed Redeemer, wert thou careful of thy disciples, that when thou wert to leave them in regard of bodily presence, that thou wouldst send the Holy Ghost, that should come to testifie of thee, and reveal thee to them, and bring things to remembrance, Oh, much more wilt thou have compassion of a poor Soul, from whom thou art absent in a spiritual way, it is a greater affliction to want thee, O blessed Redeemer, in a spiritual way, then to want thy bodily presence, and therefore there is a great deal more need that the comforter should come in now, to supply the want of spiritual presence, then bodily presence.