Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Take heed that thy work be not thine own work, when thou dost any work, I am about such and such a work, I but is it my own work or Gods work It is true, there was a time that all the work I did was for my self, and then if there were any argument, whereby I could see that it was for my self I could work, if it was for self ends, if I had self to be promoted I could work, this is the way of men in themselves. But now when the soul hath entered into the rest of Christ, he hath ceased from his own works, and therefore now though there be not strong arguments and ends to persuade me to do a work, yet it is enough that it is the work of God, and God shall have praise in it, and I can work as earnestly and and strongly in the work as ever I did any work for my self,

Take heed that thy work be not thine owne work, when thou dost any work, I am about such and such a work, I but is it my owne work or Gods work It is true, there was a time that al the work I did was for my self, and then if there were any argument, whereby I could see that it was for my self I could work, if it was for self ends, if I had self to be promoted I could work, this is the way of men in themselves. But now when the soul hath entred into the rest of Christ, he hath ceased from his owne workes, and therefore now though there be not strong arguments and ends to perswade me to doe a work, yet it is enough that it is the work of God, and God shal have praise in it, and I can work as earnestly and and strongly in the work as ever I did any worke for my self,

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