Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

You will say, God forbid, we hope we are not condemned. Now the 8. of the Rom. the first verse, will show you to your faces in what condition you are in, There is no Condemnation to them that are in Christ. Who are they that are in Christ and delivered from condemnation? They are those that walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. Shall it be cast upon this now? I do challenge every Soul to put it upon the trial, to see whether they dare venture their Souls and eternal estate upon this Scripture, look to it, it is the word of God, it is that word of God that must stand for ever, when thou and I am fallen, There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit. Now then, thy eternal estate lies upon this, thy soul lies upon it, that if thou be a man or Woman that doth walk after the flesh, that is, look what pleasure the flesh desires, what lusts of the flesh are delightful to thee, thy Heart walks after them, thou livest accordingly, and it is thy great care to make provision for the flesh, the care of thy life to make provision for the flesh, and when thou hast made provision for the flesh, thou givest liberty to thy spirit to satisfy it self in the lusts of the flesh, thou art the man and woman that yet art not in Jesus Christ, and therefore art certainly under condemnation; and is this a time to Rest now in? Is there Rest for such a Soul that is in this condition? All those therefore, whose consciences tell them, that hitherto they have walked after the flesh and not after the spirit, not after those truths that they find in the word; ⟨p. 202⟩perhaps they can go to the word, and say, it is true what the Minister saith, if we could do what he saith, and in the mean time cast off the thoughts of those truths that are according to the word, and cast off what God speaks in his word, for what he speaks in his word should be as real to thee, as if he spake it from Heaven, and therefore thou art out of Christ, and I speak in the name of God of all these things, that I might the more effectually draw mens hearts to come unto Christ for Rest. For I do not mean to leave you thus, to tell you, that you have no Rest out of Christ, but I intend to tell you, how you may have Rest in Christ.

You will say, God forbid, we hope we are not condemned. Now the 8. of the Rom. the first verse, will shew you to your faces in what condition you are in, There is no Condemnation to them that are in Christ. Who are they that are in Christ and delivered from condemnation? They are those that walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. Shall it be cast upon this now? I do challenge every Soul to put it upon the tryal, to see whether they dare venture their Souls and eternal estate upon this Scripture, look to it, it is the word of God, it is that word of God that must stand for ever, when thou and I am fallen, There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit. Now then, thy eternal estate lies upon this, thy soul lies upon it, that if thou be a man or Woman that doth walk after the flesh, that is, look what pleasure the flesh desires, what lusts of the flesh are delightful to thee, thy Heart walks after them, thou livest accordingly, and it is thy great care to make provision for the flesh, the care of thy life to make provision for the flesh, and when thou hast made provision for the flesh, thou givest liberty to thy spirit to satisfie it self in the lusts of the flesh, thou art the man and woman that yet art not in Jesus Christ, and therefore art certainly under condemnation; and is this a time to Rest now in? Is there Rest for such a Soul that is in this condition? All those therefore, whose consciences tell them, that hitherto they have walked after the flesh and not after the spirit, not after those truths that they find in the word;