An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of…

Then had I been at rest.] We usually say when a man goes to sleep, he goes to rest: Yet rest is more then sleep, for sometimes a man sleeps when he doth not rest, his very sleep being troubled, and he troubled in his sleep: But when rest is joined with sleep it is perfect sleep. The word here used, signifies a very quiet, settled and peaceable condition: Hence Noah had his name, And he called his name Noah, saying, this son shall comfort us, ¹concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed, Gen. 5.29. He was rest and comfort to the old world, by preaching righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith, which alone gives rest unto the soul, and is able to refresh us in the midst of all those toils and labours which that first curse brought upon the world, both new and old. ⟨p. 402⟩Such rest and sweet repose had I found (saith Job) from all my toil in the house of death and bed of the grave.

Then had I beene at rest.] We usually say when a man goes to sleepe, he goes to rest: Yet rest is more then sleepe, for sometimes a man sleepes when he doth not rest, his very sleepe being troubled, and he troubled in his sleepe: But when rest is joyned with sleepe it is perfect sleepe. The word here used, signifies a very quiet, setled and peaceable condition: Hence Noah had his name, And he called his name Noah, saying, this sonne shall comfort us, ¹concerning our worke and toile of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed, Gen. 5.29. He was rest and comfort to the old world, by preaching righteousnesse, even the righteousnesse which is by faith, which alone gives rest unto the soule, and is able to refresh us in the midst of all those toyles and labours which that first curse brought upon the world, both new and old. ⟨p. 402⟩Such rest and sweet repose had I found (saith Job) from all my toile in the house of death and bed of the grave.