The fourth (and last) volume of discourses, or sermons, on several scriptures

¹And then Secondly, In Heaven there shall be a resting from all that Labour that the People of God now take in the ways of holy Obedience, through the averseness of their Hearts from them, and the opposition of their Hearts against them. There is that contradiction in the carnal part against what is holy and spiritual, that the Godly cannot bring themselves to the performance of it without much Strife and Contention, the Flesh lusteth against the Spirit; and when the spiritual part calleth for holy Thoughts and heavenly Affections, the corrupt and fleshy part sends forth noisome and stinking Vapours, obstructing the Good ⟨p. 135⟩that we would do, and infecting that little Good that we do perform: So that as if working were not a sufficient Employment, a Christian must Fight that he may Work; and this is it that makes working for Salvation so laborious, because we must Fight and Work at once. But it shall not be long before that which hinders shall be removed, and then as you are not under a sad necessity of offending God, so also you shall be under a most blessed necessity of serving God, and shall find no more trouble in that Service, than in those Actions which you now cannot but do. And thus shall you have a happy Rest from all that Labour and Pains that your Corruptions here made you take. And therefore be encouraged to persevere in well-doing, perfect the Work you have undertaken in spite of all opposition from your own corrupt Hearts, for assure your selves this troublesome Inmate shall not long disquiet you. I might also add,

¹And then Secondly, In Heaven there shall be a resting from all that Labour that the People of God now take in the ways of holy Obedience, through the averseness of their Hearts from them, and the opposition of their Hearts against them. There is that contradiction in the carnal part against what is holy and spiritual, that the Godly cannot bring themselves to the performance of it without much Strife and Contention, the Flesh lusteth against the Spirit; and when the spiritual part calleth for holy Thoughts and heavenly Affections, the corrupt and fleshy part sends forth noisome and stinking Vapours, obstructing the Good ⟨p. 135⟩