Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

CHAP. XXVI.

Containeth. I. A further consideration of the restless condition of men out of Christ, from Prov. 23.34. II. Five Reasons thereof. 1. They are under the curse of God. 2. Al creatures are their enemies 3. Al the ways of Gods providence are against them. 4. Al their best Services are rejected. 5. They have no refuge for comfort. III. Two conclusions from the premises. 1. Most men live and perish in blindness. 2. There is insufficiency in all things out of Christ, to give rest; with the Reasons thereof

Containeth. I. A further consideration of the restless condition of men out of Christ, from Prov. 23.34. II. Five Reasons thereof. 1. They are under the curse of God. 2. Al creatures are their enemies 3. Al the wayes of Gods providence are against them. 4. Al their best Services are rejected. 5. They have no refuge for comfort. III. Two conclussions from the premises. 1. Most men live and perish in blindness. 2. There is insufficiency in al things out of Christ, to give rest; with the Reasons thereof

But I shall now go on a little further in this similitude that I have been speaking of; the holy Ghost hath another like this, in Prov. 23.34. He compares wicked men that are secure, unto a man that sleeps upon the top of a mast, he speaks there of drunkards, and of the Whoremaster, but it is true also of all unconverted ones, though the holy Ghost instanceth in those two only, the words are thus, Yea, thou shalt be as he that lies down in the midst of the Sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a Mast. So that here you have both the similitudes, you have the first that I spake of, as if a man had only a plank in the midst of the Sea, and he lies down and seeks for