Thirdly, Another note of the true rest of the soul in ⟨p. 385⟩Christ is this, The more rest thou hast in Christ, the more active thou art for God; the false rest that the soul hath makes it dull, secure, sluggish, and negligent: but now the true rest that is in Christ, makes the soul mighty active, and stirring, makes it to do great things for God; never had that ability to do for God, as now when it hath had rest from Christ, as now we know that many people are very active & stirring, when their conscience is stirred, then they will rise early in the morning, and hear, and read, and pray, and mightily stir, when their conscience is stirred, but if they have got any quiet and rest to their spirits, they grow lazy, dull, and secure, and are less active in the places God hath set them in then before; but the soul that hath true rest from Christ, is more active and lively in the work of God then before. As Archimedes said, give me a place where I could rest my self on, and he thought then he could move the earth, so let the soul get but once the foot stopped upon Christ, so as he can have rest in Christ, he can do more for God then ever he could before. And therefore I remember (and you may afterward by comparing find this note to be true) that whereas God commanded Moses while they were going up and down in the wilderness and had no rest, to make an altar for sacrifice of such a bigness, so many foot, in the story you shall find that when Solomon came to make an Altar to God, he made it twice as big as Moses in the time of their being in the wilderness. The two several places I cannot stand to look to, but you shall find this note to be true, that the altar of Solomon, was as big again as the altar of Moses, Why? for they were then in a restless condition, went up and down, and were not at rest, But now when they came to the Land of Canaan, there they had rest, and there the altar is as big again; noting, that they should offer as much sacrifice again as they did before in the time when they were in the wilderness, in their restless condition. So, thy soul was ⟨p. 386⟩once in the wilderness, hurried up and down, and then the altar for thy sacrifice was bu• little, but when once God brings rest to thy soul in Christ, thy altar shall be as big again, and thou shalt do as much more for God as thou didst before▪
Thirdly, Another note of the true rest of the soul in ⟨p. 385⟩Christ is this, The more rest thou hast in Christ, the more active thou art for God; the false rest that the soul hath makes it dul, secure, sluggish, and negligent: but now the true rest that is in Christ, makes the soul mighty active, and stirring, maks it to do great things for God; never had that ability to do for God, as now when it hath had rest from Christ, as now we know that many people are very active & stirring, when their conscience is stirred, then they wil rise early in the morning, and hear, and read, and pray, and mightily stir, when their conscience is stirred, but if they have got any quiet and rest to their spirits, they grow lazy, dul, and secure, and are less active in the places God hath set them in then before; but the soul that hath true rest from Christ, is more active and lively in the work of God then before. As Archimedes said, give me a place where I could rest my self on, and he thought then he could move the earth, so let the soul get but once the foot stopt upon Christ, so as he can have rest in Christ, he can do more for God then ever he could before. And therefore I remember (and you may afterward by comparing find this note to be true) that whereas God commanded Moses while they were going up and down in the wilderness and had no rest, to make an altar for sacrifice of such a bigness, so many foot, in the story you shal find that when Solomon came to make an Altar to God, he made it twice as big as Moses in the time of their being in the wilderness. The two several places I cannot stand to look to, but you shal find this note to be true, that the altar of Solomon, was as big again as the altar of Moses, Why? for they were then in a restless condition, went up and down, and were not at rest, But now when they came to the Land of Canaan, there they had rest, and there the altar is as big again; noting, that they should offer as much sacrifice again as they did before in the time when they were in the wilderness, in their restless condition. So, thy soul was ⟨p. 386⟩once in the wilderness, hurried up and down, and then the altar for thy sacrifice was bu• little, but when once God brings rest to thy soul in Christ, thy altar shal be as big again, and thou shalt do as much more for God as thou didst before▪
