A30566:685
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughs.Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
and ⟨p. 184⟩the Lord shall make it appear to the soul, what the excellency, and the glory of eternal life is, and the soul shall come to see that the being delivered from perishing, and the obtaining of eternal Life, is only to be had in Christ, and upon this doth close with Jesus Christ, and cast it self upon him, and adventure it self to lay the weight of its eternal estate upon Christ, the soul that doth thus receive Christ, according as he is tendered in the word, whatever objection may be to the contrary, this is to receive Christ, according as he is tendered in the word. Yet further, for the helping against this temptation it falls full in this Text, Come unto me, and I will give you rest. Now many poor souls do come to Christ that they might have rest, but then the devil puts this in, Oh! but you come to Christ for your own good.
and ⟨p. 184⟩the Lord shall make it apeare to the soul, what the excellency, and the glory of eternal life is, and the soul shal come to see that the being delivered from perishing, and the obtaining of eternal Life, is only to be had in Christ, and upon this doth close with Jesus Christ, and cast it self upon him, and adventure it self to lay the weight of its eternal estate upon Christ, the soul that doth thus receive Christ, according as he is tendred in the word, whatever objection may be to the contrary, this is to receive Christ, according as he is tendred in the word. Yet further, for the helping against this temptation it fals ful in this Text, Come unto me, and I wil give you rest. Now many poor souls do come to Christ that they might have rest, but then the devil puts this in, Oh! but you come to Christ for your owne good.
Now for the helping against this temptation, know,