Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

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 ⟨p. 189⟩upon out of Christ. Indeed, we read, that when Noah sent forth a Raven out of the ark, the Raven came no more, but the dove came again, and the difference between the Dove and the Raven doth elegantly express the difference between those souls that God hath an intent to do good unto in Christ, and those that are left by God, and have no other portion appointed for them than the things of this world: men of this world whom the Lord intends no higher good, than the things of this world, they are like the Raven, they flutter up and down in the world, but never come to the ark, never come to Christ; the other that the Lord hath an intent to do good unto, although they may for a while be floating up and down here in this world, yet so will God order things, that their souls shall never have any rest and quiet, till they come to Jesus Christ, nothing in this world shall satisfy them, but the Lord will make them seek to be sensible of any emptiness, that they have not that good that their souls were made for, no rest to be had out of Christ.