Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred…

(4) That the Rest in God, and with God, which we now seek after, enter into, and celebrate the pledge of, using the means for the farther enjoyment of it, in the observation of this Day, is a Rest by a Recovery, by a Reparation in Jesus Christ. There is now, a new Rest of God, and a new Rest for us in God. God now Rests, and is refreshed in Christ, in his Person, in his Works, in his Law, in the Covenant of Grace in him; in all these things is his soul well pleased. He is the Brightness of his Glory, and the express Image of his Person; making a far more glorious Representation of him, than did the works of Creation of old, which yet he had left such impressions of his Goodness, Power and Wisdom upon, as that he Rested in them, was refreshed on them, and appointed a Day for man to Rest in his Approbation of them, and giving Glory to him for them. ⟨p. 434⟩How much more is it so with him, with respect unto this glorious Image of the invisible God. This he now dealeth with us in; For as of old, he commanded light to shine out of darkness, whereby we might see and behold his Glory which he had implanted, and was implanting on the work of his hands, so now he shines into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of his Glory, in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Cor. 4. 6. That is, enableth us to behold all the excellencies of his nature, made manifest in the person and works of Jesus Christ. The way also of bringing them unto him, through Christ, who had by sin come short of his Glory, is that which he approveth of, is delighted with, and resteth in, giving us a pledge thereof in this Day of Rest. Herein lies the principal duty of this Days observances; namely, to admire this Retrieval of a Rest with God, and of a Rest for God in us. This is the fruit of eternal Wisdom, Grace and Goodness, Love and Bounty: This, I say, belongs unto the sanctification of this Day, and this ought to be our principal Design therein; namely, in it to give Glory unto God, for the wonderful Recovery of a Rest for us with himself, and an endeavour to enter by Faith and Obedience into that Rest. And for those ends and purposes, are we to make use of all the sacred Ordinances of Worship, wherein, and whereby this Day is sanctified unto the Lord.

(4) That the Rest in God, and with God, which we now seek after, enter into, and celebrate the pledge of, using the means for the farther enjoyment of it, in the observation of this Day, is a Rest by a Recovery, by a Reparation in Jesus Christ. There is now, a new Rest of God, and a new Rest for us in God. God now Rests, and is refreshed in Christ, in his Person, in his Works, in his Law, in the Covenant of Grace in him; in all these things is his soul well pleased. He is the Brightness of his Glory, and the express Image of his Person; making a far more glorious Representation of him, than did the works of Creation of old, which yet he had left such impressions of his Goodness, Power and Wisdom upon, as that he Rested in them, was refreshed on them, and appointed a Day for man to Rest in his Approbation of them, and giving Glory to him for them.