Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Answ. Just such a rest as a man that were asleep upon the top of a mast, true, he doth not know his danger when he is a sleep, but yet, will you say, that the man can have true rest when he is there; so though men do not know what their natural condition is, and though their security have a kind of false rest, but will you call that rest? will you say, such a man is gone to his rest, that is gone to sleep upon the top of a mast? such a rest hast thou had all the days of thy life before conversion.

Answ. Just such a rest as a man that were asleep upon the top of a mast, true, he doth not know his danger when he is a sleep, but yet, wil you say, that the man can have true rest when he is there; so though men do not know what their natural condition is, and though their security have a kind of false rest, but wil you cal that rest? wil you say, such a man is gone to his rest, that is gone to sleep upon the top of a mast? such a rest hast thou had al the dayes of thy life before conversion.

Thirdly, Every man by nature is guilty, is bound over to the infinite justice of God, to answer for all that the Lord hath to charge him with, to answer it before the Lord, and to satisfy the strict Law of Gods divine justice for all that the Lord hath to charge him with, and is this man in a condition to rest? can this man have rest, if he do but understand this? If a man be found guilty, and be bound over to the Sessions or Assizes, truly, that man will have little rest, till he have got himself free; for a soul to be bound over by the infinite, eternal God, to be bound over to eternal justice for whatever the Lord hath to ⟨p. 199⟩charge him withal, is this a condition to rest in? this is the condition of all out of Christ, of a soul before it comes to Christ.

Thirdly, Every man by nature is guilty, is bound over to the infinite justice of God, to answer for al that the Lord hath to charge him with, to answer it before the Lord, and to satisfie the strict Law of Gods divine justice for al that the Lord hath to charge him with, and is this man in a condition to rest? can this man have rest, if he do but understand this? If a man be found guilty, and be bound over to the Sessions or Assises, truly, that man wil have little rest, til he have got himself free; for a soul to be bound over by the infinite, eternal God, to be bound over to eternal justice for whatever the Lord hath to