Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

so this should be coming to Christ, that is, when Christ is propounded ⟨p. 121⟩in the gospel, there should be the stretching out of the soul, in looking after the Lord Jesus and a working of the soul after Jesus Christ, keeping the soul working and stirring after Christ. Many poor souls, whom God is beginning to work his grace upon, loose abundance of time and comfort, for want of this, of keeping their hearts in a working and stirring frame after Christ, they spend their time in the afflicting of their souls, but they do not keep their hearts working towards Jesus Christ. As Jacob said to his sons, when they wanted bread in Canaan, saith he, We have heard that there is corn in Egypt and why do we stand looking one upon an other? saith Jacob to his sons, had you gone (saith he) you might have been come back again, and brought us bread by this time, so I say to many burdened souls, hast thou not heard, that there is grace and mercy in Jesus Christ, had thy soul bin working, stirring, and kept in an acting frame after Jesus Christ, thou mightest have bin returning, and have gotten rest to thy soul by this time, thou standest looking unto this thing, and the other thing, and poring upon thy corruptions, hadst thou kept thy heart continually stirring in a working frame after Christ, the work might have been done by this time.

so this should be comming to Christ, that is, when Christ is propouned ⟨p. 121⟩in the gospel, there should be the stretching out of the soul, in looking after the Lord Jesus and a working of the soul after Jesus Christ, keeping the soul working and stirring after Christ. Many poor souls, whom God is beginning to work his grace upon, loose abundance of time and comfort, for want of this, of keeping their hearts in a working and stirring frame after Christ, they spend their time in the afflicting of their soules, but they do not keep their hearts working towards Jesus Christ. As Jacob said to his sons, when they wanted bread in Cannaan, saith he, We have heard that there is corn in Egipt and why do we stand looking one upon an other? saith Jacob to his sons, had you gon (saith he) you might have been come back again, and brought us bread by this time, so I say to many burdened souls, hast thou not heard, that there is grace and mercy in Jesus Christ, had thy soul bin working, stirring, and kept in an acting frame after Jesus Christ, thou mightest have bin returnig, and have gotten rest to thy soul by this time, thou standest looking unto this thing, and the other thing, and poring upon thy corruptions, hadst thou kept thy heart continually stirring in a working frame after Christ, the work might have been done by this time.