Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Now in this promise of Christ, there are two things to be handled; the First implied, the Second expressed.

Now in this promise of Christ, there are two things to be handled; the First implyed, the Second exprest.

That which is implied is this, That there is no rest in the Souls of the Children of men out of Jesus Christ, that is plainly implied, Come to me, and I will give you rest. So that here is plainly implied; That there is no rest for an immortal Soul out of Jesus Christ, it can have no rest out of Christ. And then that that is expressed is this, That in Jesus Christ, as soon as the Soul comes to have union with Jesus Christ, it shall have true rest indeed, there is full rest to be had in Christ.

That which is implyed is this, That there is no rest in the Souls of the Children of men out of Jesus Christ, that is plainly implied, Come to me, and I will give you rest. So that here is plainly implied; That there is no rest for an immortal Soul out of Jesus Christ, it can have no rest out of Christ. And then that that is exprest is this, That in Jesus Christ, as soon as the Soul comes to have union with Jesus Christ, it shall have true rest indeed, there is ful rest to be had in Christ.

Now for the first, That out of Jesus Christ, there can be no rest unto the soul: As we read of the Dove that Noah sent forth; when his Ark was floating up and down on the Water, he sent forth a Dove, and you find in the story of Noah there, in Genesis, 8.89. That when the Dove was sent forth, she flew up and down, but she had not whereon to rest the Sole of her Foot, and therefore she comes flying to the Ark again: so it is with a soul that is not in Christ (for the Ark was a type of Christ) it may float up and down in the world here, but certainly, there is nothing for the soul to rest it self