Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Now let us observe, at this time when the Church speaks this, and saith, the Lord is her portion, she was in a very afflicted estate and condition, and it may be that her enemies would say, that the Lord had forsaken her, and neglected her, I but, against all the enemies in the world, her faith prevails, and says, Let all the devils in hell say what they will, let all the world say what they will, yet my soul shall say, the Lord is my portion, that is, that faith that Gods spirit hath wrought in my soul shall enable me to say that the Lord is my portion. So on the contrary, when wicked men are in prosperity, and feel not the hand of God upon them, perhaps friends may flatter them, false prophets will flatter them; may be their own hearts will flatter themselves, but now to answer all, saith the prophet, there is no peace to the wicked, saith my God, my God saith it.

Now let us observe, at this time when the Church speakes this, and saith, the Lord is her portion, she was in a very afflicted estate and condition, and it may be that her enemies would say, that the Lord had forsaken her, and neglected her, I but, against al the enemies in the world, her faith prevailes, and sayes, Let al the devils in hel say what they wil, let al the world say what they wil, yet my soul shal say, the Lord is my portion, that is, that faith that Gods spirit hath wrought in my soul shal inable me to say that the Lord is my portion. So on the contrary, when wicked men are in prosperity, and feel not the hand of God upon them, perhaps friends may flatter them, false prophets wil flatter them; may be their own hearts wil flatter themselves, but now to answer al, saith the prophet, there is no peace to the wicked, saith my God, my God saith it.

Further, there is no peace, saith my God, no rest to any out of Christ, this is to note, from whence it comes that wicked men can have no peace, why they can have no rest, it is from God, it is God that will not give it, God is against them. There are many wicked men and women, whose consciences are begun to be enlightened, and they many times have trouble of spirit, and when they awake in the night, they are troubled, and when they go about their business in the day, they are troubled, and when they come home, they are troubled, and so troubled as they scarce know what it is that troubles them. Now perhaps you have not known what it is that troubles you, but this text in