Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

So it is with men, that seek after ease and Rest unto their Souls in any way of sin, thy pleasure in thy sinful ways, take all the pleasure of thy Life from thy youth to the day of thy death, and put it altogether, yet in respect of eternity, it is but just like the ease that a poor man in a Fever hath, while the water is going down his Throat, all thy pleasure is no more, and thou art like to be scalding and burning in Gods wrath to all eternity for that one draught of thine, for the ease and Rest that thou hadst in the way of sin; I am sure when Christ had the burden of our sins upon him, he found it no Rest, and therefore it cannot be ease to thy Spirit.

So it is with men, that seek after ease and Rest unto their Souls in any way of sin, thy pleasure in thy sinful waies, take all the pleasure of thy Life from thy youth to the day of thy death, and put it altogether, yet in respect of eternity, it is but just like the ease that a poor man in a Feaver hath, while the water is going down his Throat, all thy pleasure is no more, and thou art like to be scalding and burning in Gods wrath to al eternity for that one draught of thine, for the ease and Rest that thou hadst in the way of sin; I am sure when Christ had the burden of our sins upon him, he found it no Rest, and therefore it cannot be ease to thy Spirit.

Secondly, There are others, though not so vile, yet they Rest not in the act of sin, but in the creature, if they ⟨p. 212⟩can have good trading, quick voyages, and have as their neighbours have, then they are ready as the rich man in the Gospel to say, Soul, take thine ease, eat and drink, for thou hast goods laid up for many years; and this is the rest that most people in the world do seek after; they think, that if they might have as such and such have, then they had rest enough, but be it known unto you, that this is an argument that thou doest not understand nor savour the things of God, if thou thinkest that all the creatures in the world, yea, if God should give thee the possession of all the creatures in heaven and earth, if thou shouldest think that they would give thee rest, I say, thou dost not savour at all the things of God; but those that understand what God is, yea, those that have but one spark of true saving grace, this spark of grace doth so enlarge the soul, that all the creatures in heaven and earth cannot give rest, cannot give quiet, but still it hath a higher good to seek after than all the creatures in all the world. There is a notable text of Scripture which we have in the book of Job, in the 26. of Job, and 7. verse He Stretcheth forth the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. Wilt thou seek thy rest in that which hangs upon nothing? the whole earth hath nothing to rest upon, and therefore nothing in the earth can be rest unto thy soul. In