Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

And as when the sea is most troubled, it casts forth most dirt, so it is with wicked men, when wicked men are most troubled, then they cast forth most wickedness. ⟨p. 190⟩So sometimes it may be, you find it, when you are in a storm at sea, some kind of men, instead of seeking God and praying unto God they fall a cursing, and swearing, and railing, and so their hearts are more troubled, than the troubled sea, and thereby cast out more filth and dirt out of their hearts, than is cast out by the troubled sea. Or if not at sea, yet when they are here at land, as men that have no rest and peace with God, every thing troubles them, having not rest in Christ, they are troubled in their family, and with their neighbours, they do cast forth nothing but mire and dirt, oaths, swearing, and blaspheming, Oh! how do they come forth of wicked men when they are crossed at any time: when you see at any time the husband, or the wife to be crossed and troubled, when you see them in a distemper, and hear them swearing, cursing, railing, blaspheming, speaking wicked speeches in their passion, remember this text, of the 57, of Isa. the 20. verse, That a wicked man is like the troubled sea that casts forth mire and dirt. Oh! that you would remember it, and apply it to your own hearts, is it thus with my heart. I fear that there are many, whose consciences tell them, that this text doth lively set forth their hearts, their consciences tell them, that when they are troubled they cast forth mire and dirt, Oh! what mire and dirt hath been cast forth by many, when they have been in trouble! now, that the Lord would settle this text upon your hearts, for the Lord says it is the wicked man and woman, when they are troubled that do cast forth this mire and dirt. But the special thing I aim at is in the next verse, There is no peace (saith my God) to the wicked, no peace, no rest, this is a truth that doth belong unto all men and women that are out of Jesus Christ, there is no peace, no rest unto their souls, and as he doth deny all kind of rest that such a one can have, so you may observe, what a confirmation there is, Saith my God.

And as when the sea is most troubled, it casts forth most dirt, so it is with wicked men, when wicked men are most troubled, then they cast forth most wickedness. ⟨p. 190⟩So somtimes it may be, you find it, when you are in a storme at sea, some kind of men, instead of seeking God and praying unto God they fal a cursing, and swearing, and railing, and so their hearts are more troubled, than the troubled sea, and thereby cast out more filth and dirt out of their hearts, than is cast out by the troubled sea. Or if not at sea, yet when they are here at land, as men that have no rest and peace with God, every thing troubles them, having not rest in Christ, they are troubled in their family, and with their neighbors, they do cast forth nothing but mire and dirt, oaths, swearing, and blaspheming, Oh! how do they come forth of wicked men when they are crost at any time: when you see at any time the husband, or the wife to be crost and troubled, when you see them in a distemper, and hear them swearing, cursing, railing, blaspheming, speaking wicked speeches in their passion, remember this text, of the 57, of Isa. the 20. verse, That a wicked man is like the troubled sea that casts forth mire and dirt. Oh! that you would remember it, and apply it to your own hearts, is it thus with my heart. I fear that there are many, whose consciences tel them, that this text doth lively set forth their hearts, their consciences tel them, that when they are troubled they cast forth mire and dirt, Oh! what mire and dirt hath been cast forth by many, when they have been in trouble! now, that the Lord would settle this text upon your hearts, for the Lord saies it is the wicked man and woman, when they are troubled that do cast forth this mire and dirt. But the special thing I aime at is in the next verse, There is no peace (saith my God) to the wicked, no peace, no rest, this is a truth that doth belong unto al men and women that are out of Jesus Christ, there is no peace, no rest unto their soules, and as he doth deny al kind of rest that such a one can have, so you may observe, what a confirmation there is, Saith my God.