Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

First, This Rest in Christ, it can never be but upon great discovery of glorious things that the soul was not acquainted with before, many men go on and are quiet in their way and think that their rest is Christs rest, how will that appear that it is Christs Rest? It will appear that they have had poor weak grounds to stand upon, only that which they have in a natural way, they live quietly among men, and the creatures doth not trouble them, and in a prudential way they are loath to trouble themselves in their own thoughts. But now, I appeal to thy soul, what discoveries hast thou had of the glorious things of the covenant of Grace, and the covenant of life, in those ways that God hath had in his eternal counsels to reconcile God and thy soul? What discoveries of Gods ways hast thou had, to draw thy heart to Christ? Thy Rest must come from these, these must be the means to bring thy soul to rest, if thy Rest come from blindness, Ignorance, and deadness of spirit, it is far from the true Rest in Christ.

First, This Rest in Christ, it can never be but upon great discovery of glorious things that the soul was not acquainted with before, many men go on and are quiet in their way and think that their rest is Christs rest, how wil that appeare that it is Christs Rest? It wil appeare that they have had poor weake grounds to stand upon, only that which they have in a natural way, they live quietly among men, and the creatures doth not trouble them, and in a prudential way they are loath to trouble themselves in their owne thoughts. But now, I appeal to thy soul, what discoveries hast thou had of the glorious things of the covenant of Grace, and the covenant of life, in those waies that God hath had in his eternal counsels to reconcile God and thy soul? What discoveries of Gods waies hast thou had, to draw thy heart to Christ? Thy Rest must come from these, these must be the meanes to bring thy soul to rest, if thy Rest come from blindness, Ignorance, and deadness of spirit, it is far from the true Rest in Christ.

Secondly, The Rest that the soul hath in Christ, it is that that the Apostle speaks of in Heb. 14, It comes upon the souls ceasing from its own work, as God ceased from his, verse the 10. For he that is entered into his Rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. As God did Rest the seventh day from all his works, he gives that note of the rest in Christ. There remains therefore a rest to the people of God, for he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God ceased from his. He compares the rest that the soul hath in Christ, to Gods rest upon the seventh day. Now saith he, as God seized from his work that he wrought upon the sixth day, & the seventh day he rested, so whatsoever enters upon this rest, he must cease from his