Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

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 ⟨p. 206⟩rest there, or the other upon the top of a mast, and he lies down and sleeps there: this is the restless condition of of ungodly men, I will Name briefly some few Reasons and so proceed. Certainly, there is no Rest unto them that are ou• Christ.

BUt I shal 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 speakes there of drunkards, and of the Whoremaster, but it is true also of al 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 ⟨p. 206⟩rest there, or the other upon the top of a mast, and he lies down and sleeps there: this is the restless condition of of ungodly men, I will Name breifly some few Reasons and so proceed. Certainly, there is no Rest unto them that are ou• Christ.