A30566:1071
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.
It is a prophecy of such a happy condition that the Saints shall be in, that the Kings of the Earth shall bring their Glory and their honour ⟨p. 381⟩to them, and therefore here it is upon this Earth, this promise is made of a glorious time that the Saints shall have, that all tears shall be wiped away from their Eyes here in this world, and it seems to be spoken of the same time that was spoken of in the Chapter before, in the 20. Chapter, of the first Resurrection. Now after that time it appears, that the Devil shall be loosened, and Gog and Magog shall gather themselves together against Gods people after that time. But there is such a world here for the people of God, a rest to be had from all affliction, even here upon the Earth to be hoped for, when the saints of God shall be honoured before all the world; and all wicked and ungodly men shall be subdued before them. But further, there is certainly a rest of Glory in the world to come, and that is to be added to all the rest, when the saints shall keep an eternal Sabbath before the Lord, and shall there be always exercised in praising, Magnifying, and blessing of the great God.
It is a prophesie of such a happy condition that the Saints shal be in, that the Kings of the Earth shal bring their Glory and their honor ⟨p. 381⟩to them, and therefore here it is upon this Earth, this promise is made of a glorious time that the Saints shall have, that all tears shal be wiped away from their Eyes here in this world, and it seems to be spoken of the same time that was spoken of in the Chapter before, in the 20. Chapter, of the first Resurrection. Now after that time it appeares, that the Devil shal be loosned, and Gog and Magog shal gather themselves together against Gods people after that time. But there is such a world here for the people of God, a rest to be had from all affliction, even here upon the Earth to be hoped for, when the saints of God shal be honored before all the world; and all wicked and ungodly men shal be subdued before them. But further, there is certainly a rest of Glory in the world to come, and that is to be added to al the rest, when the saints shal keep an eternal Sabboth before the Lord, and shal there be alwaies exercised in praising, Magnifying, and blessing of the great God.