Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Further, It may be there are some that their own Hearts would say, peace, peace, as many men and Women, that when they hear out of the word those things that are very dreadful, and do come very near to their Consciences, their Consciences tell them this word of God nearly concerns them, yet they will be ready to bless themselves in their own thoughts and say, notwithstanding it shall be peace to them, just as we read in 29. of Deut. 19, and 20. verses, saith the Lord, It shall come to pass that if any man when he hears the words of this curse, shall bless himself in his Heart and say, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine own Heart; the Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his Jealousy shall Smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this Book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his Name from under Heaven. How dreadful doth God speak, and to whom? To that Soul, that shall hear out of Gods word, that there is no peace, no Rest unto them in that condition, in the way that he is now in, yet it may be, saith the Lord, when you shall hear pronounced this day in my word against them, you shall have many in your auditory shall say, I shall have peace though I walk in the imagination of my own Heart. Now we do not find such a dreadful expression in all the Book of God against any, as we do against those that shall say, they shall have peace, though they walk in the imagination of their own Heart. Now hear, saith the prophet, may be some of you will say in your own Hearts, I shall have Rest, I shall have Peace, but saith the Prophet, there is no Peace to the wicked, saith my God, though your own Hearts say, you shall have Peace, and what need we trouble our selves with the Ministers words, but ⟨p. 193⟩my God saith, there is no peace to the wicked: methinks, here we have a place, that speaks of wicked men directly in opposition to that which the Church speaks of her self, in Lamen. 3.24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him.

Further, It may be there are some that their own Hearts would say, peace, peace, as many men and Women, that when they hear out of the word those things that are very dreadful, and do come very near to their Consciences, their Consciences tel them this word of God neerly concernes them, yet they will be ready to bless themselves in their own thoughts and say, notwithstanding it shall be peace to them, just as we read in 29. of