And then for the ordinances, for that you have a text in the 132. Psalm. and 14. Speaking of Zion. For the Lord hath Chosen Zion, he hath desired it for his habitation, this is my rest for ever, here will I dwell, for I have desired it. Oh, in Zion, in ordinances, in duties, in the worship that is tendered up to thee, here is my rest for ever, and here is my delight, Lord let me have rest this way, my spirit is never so much at rest, as when I am in the duties of Gods worship, when I am exercised in Gods ordinances, here my soul is at rest, what ever ⟨p. 387⟩I have else, If I should have peace again, and enjoy estate quietly, yet except I have Gods ordinances I cannot have rest. Now doth thy soul enjoy more rest in the ordinances then in any other way? then thy rest is Christs rest. And then for the sabbath, you know what the scripture saith, what a sabbath is, it is nothing but rest, and is the sabbath a day of Rest unto thy soul? do not many people think the sabbath day most troublesome to them, especially, if they be kept to holy duties, prayer, hearing the word, & the like: Suppose you be put to pray in your closet, & then to pray in your family, and to ask some questions to your servants & children, and then come to the public, and there to sanctify the name of God, and then when you come home again, to examine your family, over what they have learned, and so prepare your selves again to the ordinance and so to spend your self in prayer, and hearing, and exercising all the day, would not this be a weariness to many of you? And would not many of you say, as those in Malachi, When will the sabbath be over? Men indeed count the sabbath a rest, Why? because they cease from working, and they put on fine cloths, and go abroad, and walk in the fields and upon this they count the sabbath a rest, surely such are not acquainted with the rest that is in Christ; but if thy soul be acquainted with this rest, then the sabbath is but a type of that rest, that thou shalt keep in the highest heavens, it is but a type unto thee, and a forerunner of that Glorious Rest that thou shalt enjoy hereafter.
And then for the ordinances, for that you have a text in the 132. Psalm. and 14. Speaking of Zion. For the Lord hath Chosen Zion, he hath desired it for his habitation, this is my rest for ever, here wil I dwel, for I have desired it. Oh, in Zion, in ordinances, in duties, in the worship that is tendered up to thee, here is my rest for ever, and here is my delight, Lord let me have rest this way, my spirit is never so much at rest, as when I am in the duties of Gods worship, when I am exercised in Gods ordinances, here my soul is at rest, what ever ⟨p. 387⟩I have else, If I should have peace again, and enjoy estate quietly, yet except I have Gods ordinances I cannot have rest. Now doth thy soul enjoy more rest in the ordinances then in any other way? then thy rest is Christs rest. And then for the sabboth, you know what the scripture saith, what a sabboth is, it is nothing but rest, and is the saboth a day of Rest unto thy soul? do not many people think the sabboth day most troublesome to them, especially, if they be kept to holy duties, prayer, hearing the word, & the like: Suppose you be put to pray in your closet, & then to pray in your family, and to aske some questions to your servants & children, and then come to the publick, and there to sanctifie the name of God, and then when you come home again, to examin your family, over what they have learned, and so prepare your selves again to the ordinance and so to spend your self in prayer, and hearing, and excercising al the day, would not this be a weariness to many of you? And would not many of you say, as those in Malachy, When wil the sabboth be over? Men indeed count the sabboth a rest, Why? because they cease from working, and they put on fine cloths, and go abroad, and walk in the feilds and upon this they count the sabboth a rest, surely such are not acquainted with the rest that is in Christ; but if thy soul be acquainted with this rest, then the sabboth is but a tipe of that rest, that thou shalt keep in the highest heavens, it is but a tipe unto thee, and a forerunner of that Glorious Rest that thou shalt enjoy hereafter.
