Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Sixthly: Again, according to the degrees of thy enlargement, so let thy Humiliation be, as thou findest thy Heart enlarged with joy, at the same time let thy Grace work downward in way of Humiliation, observe a proportion between thy joy and Humiliation, many people are enlarged upon the joy they have in Christ, but they are not humbled, and therefore they vanish.

Sixthly: Again, according to the degrees of thy inlargment, so let thy Humiliation be, as thou findest thy Heart inlarged with joy, at the same time let thy Grace work downward in way of Humiliation, observe a proportion betwen thy joy and Humiliation, many people are inlarged upon the joy they have in Christ, but they are not humbled, and therefore they vanish.

Seventhly: Again, Be not satisfied merely that thou art in Christ, and a believer, but labour to be throughly grounded that thou art in Christ, for who knows what troubles and desertions thou mayest meet with all, labour to root thy soul, be established in Christ, grounded in Christ, to be a grounded Christian, a•d therefore not to live upon sense, but to live by Faith when thou hast sense.

Seventhly: Again, Be not satisfied meerly that thou art in Christ, and a beleever, but labor to be throughly grounded that thou art in Christ, for who knows what troubles and desertions thou maist meet with al, labor to roote thy soul, be established in Christ, grounded in Christ, to be a grounded Christian, a•d therefore not to live upon sence, but to live by Faith when thou hast sence.

Eighthly: Lastly, Improve thy rest for God, be sure to do much work when the Lord gives thee Rest, as we use to say of outward peace, it brings plenty, so the truth is, the peace tha God gives in our consciences, and the rest that we have in Christ, should make us plentiful in all good works. And by these rules, if thou dost keep the door shut against temptation; if according to the degrees of thy enlargement thy Humiliation is. If thou art not satisfied merely that thou art in Christ, and a believer, but labourest to be throughly grounded, that thou art in Christ; if thou dost root thy soul in Christ, and if thou dost improve thy rest to God, to do much work for God, when he gives thee Rest. Thus doing, thou shalt have rest, an abiding rest unto thy soul, thus thou shalt be in thy Chamber of Rest, with the door shut, while the indignation is overpast, thus thou shalt have rest in the time of evil, and all the troubles in the world shall be but as the rattling of the Rain upon the Tiles while thou art in the House, Yea, and the rest thou