Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

7. God doth it for this reason, that the Saints may long more after heaven, therefore it is that the Lord in the ordering of his providence works so, that they should be kept under the burden of Corruption in this world, that they might long to be in heaven with their father, and that when they come to heaven they might know the difference between heaven and earth, between their state there in heaven, and their state here on earth. Thus though corruption may be a great burden to us while we live here in this world, yet the Lord hath many great ends and purposes to suffer thee, a poor creature, to be under remaining corruption, and therefore thou canst not draw any such argument, God loves me not, for if he loved me he would deliver me from this corruption, I have been praying a longtime to be delivered, and yet I am not delivered, do not gather any such arguments from it, you know Paul prayed once and again, and all the answer he had was, my grace shall be sufficient for thee: so though thou prayest under the burden of corruption again and again, yet if once God say thus to thy soul, my grace shall be sufficient for thee, thy corruption shall not crush thee and undo thee, but I will strengthen thee, this will be sufficient.

7. God doth it for this reason, that the Saints may long more after heaven, therefore it is that the Lord in the ordering of his providence workes so, that they should be kept under the burden of Corruption in this world, that they might long to be in heaven with their father, and that when they come to heaven they might know the difference between heaven and earth, between their state there in heaven, and their state here on earth. Thus though corruption may be a great burden to us while we live here in this world, yet the Lord hath many great ends and purposes to suffer thee, a poor creature, to be under remaining corruption, and therefore thou canst not draw any such argument, God loves me not, for if he loved me he would deliver me from this corruption, I have been praying a longtime to be delivered, and yet I am not delivered, do not gather any such arguments from it, you know Paul prayed once and again, and al the answer he had was, my grace shal be sufficient for thee: so though thou prayest under the burden of corruption again and again, yet if once God say thus to thy soul, my grace shal be sufficient for thee, thy corruption shal not crush thee and undo thee, but I wil sstrengthen thee, this wil be sufficient.