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A30566 Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughes. Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. 1659 (1659) Wing B6060; Wing B6072_v1; ESTC R207640 299,082 422

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offices between God and the soul and therefore let such as are in such a condition take heed of such temptations And these now are the helps to those that are under the burden of spiritual desertions there is enough in Christ to help them and these being observed they may come to have rest in Jesus Christ CHAP. XLIX Sheweth that beleevers have not only Rest in but Rest also from afflictions BUt now further besides all this Rest you have heard of there is a time when the Lord shal not only give the soul rest IN Afflictions but shal give the soul rest FROM Affliction yea it may be in this world He speaks as if there were a rest to the people of God to be delivered from affliction not only in Affliction but delivered from Affliction That place that we have in Isai 54.11 O thou afflicted tossed with Tempest and not comforted behold I will lay thy Stones with fair colors and lay thy Foundations with Saphires and I will make thy windows of Agates and thy gates of Carbuncles and all thy borders of pleasant Stones Thou art now afflicted Tossed Tempted and not comforted but it shal be otherwise with thee It is true indeed the Church ever since the beginning of the world hath been in an affl●cted condition tossed with tempest and not comforted not according to what is expressed but here is a promise of a glorious time when there shal be a sure Foundation laid and that Foundation of precious stones and rest there shal be And if you compare this scripture with that in Revel 21. You shall see it aims at a glorious time when Christ shal give Rest unto the Soul at vers 4. And God shal wipe away all tears from their Eyes and there shal be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shal there be any more pain for the former things are passed away And if you read after you shal find that he doth seem to allude unto this Isai 54. And there tels what those precious stones shal be that shal be the foundation of the happy estate of Gods Saints and that it is not to be in Heaven but here before the great and generall day of judgment It appeares plainly by this that the Text saith That the Kings of the Earth shal bring their glory and honor unto it at the 24. verse The Nations of them which are saved shal walk in the light of it and the Kings of the Earth do bring their Glory and Honor unto it It is such a time of the Church as the Kings of the Earth shal bring their glory and their Honor unto it Now after the day of judgment in Heaven the Kings of the Earth do not bring their glory and their Honor to the Saints in Heaven but they shal bring their glory and their Honor to the Saints here It is a prophesie of such a happy condition that the Saints shal be in that the Kings of the Earth shal bring their Glory and their honor to them and therefore here it is upon this Earth this promise is made of a glorious time that the Saints shall have that all tears shal be wiped away from their Eyes here in this world and it seems to be spoken of the same time that was spoken of in the Chapter before in the 20. Chapter of the first Resurrection Now after that time it appeares that the Devil shal be loosned and Gog and Magog shal gather themselves together against Gods people after that time But there is such a world here for the people of God a rest to be had from all affliction even here upon the Earth to be hoped for when the saints of God shal be honored before all the world and all wicked and ungodly men shal be subdued before them But further there is certainly a rest of Glory in the world to come and that is to be added to al the rest when the saints shal keep an eternal Sabboth before the Lord and shal there be alwaies exercised in praising Magnifying and blessing of the great God Quest You will say Shall that be such a Rest in performing of Holy Duties I that shall be a rest indeed for there shal be no weariness of the flesh but the Soul shal be in a spiritual condition and the flesh shal be subservient to the soul that there shal be no wearisomness to the flesh that it shal enjoy communion with God and be in blessed visions with God and be in his Fathers House above al enemies above sin they shal neither sin more nor sorrow more nor fear more nor doubt more nor be troubled more this is the rest that the soul shal have in Christ And I make no question but Christ means this among the rest when he saith come to me But to speak of this glorious rest is a large point elswhere I have opened it at large what the glory of the Saints shal be in Heaven and therefore I shal speak no more in this Now then put al together that I have said concerning the Rest that I have spoken of and may we not conclude of this rest and wel may it have that epithite which is spoken in Isay 11.10 In that day there shal be a root of Jesse which shal stand for an ensigne of the people to it shal the Gentiles seek and his Rest shal be glorious Here it is spoke of the Rest of Christ his Rest shal be glorious We may wel apply it to the Rest of the Saints the saints shal have a glorious rest and it hath been shewed unto you in many particulars wherein I have opened this rest unto you that you may see it is a glorious rest CHAP. L. Five markes of true rest in Christ I. It is not but upon discovery of glorious things the soul knew not before II. It comes upon the soul ceasing from its owne worke III. It makes the beleever active for God IIII. Rest in those things wherein Christ rested V. True Rest wil abide the trial of the word YOU Wil say Oh that we did but know that this was our rest that we did not presume but that we were sure that the rest that we have in Christ was a true rest Now I told you before that there was a faith of adherence that might bring rest though there were not a faith of evidence But now you wil say if we might have both a faith of evidence as wel as a faith of adherence it would ad much to our Rest Now I wil help you to some notes whereby you may come to examin whether the Rest you have is the glorious Rest here spoken of and two things I shal doe because notwithstanding al this glorious Rest many of Gods servants here in this world are under much trouble of spirit I shal give further rules how to make use of the rest that is to be had in Christ and some rules likewise how to keep the rest when the
and Earth upon the Frame or keeping it in being the Lord doth not appear more to be an almighty God in keeping Heaven and Earth in being then he doth appeare to be an Almighty God in keeping grace alive in the heart notwithstanding al the remainder of Corruption so that in this God hath Glory in another way then he hath from the Angels in heaven the power of God appeares in upholding of the Angels for if he did not uphold them they would fal into evil as Adam and the other Angels did but therein appeares Gods glorious power to uphold the Angels but the glorious power in upholding the Angels doth not so much appeare as the glorious power of God in upholding the hearts of the Saints in the midst of their corruptions this shal be a special argument that the Saints shal praise God for to al eternity when they shal look back and see what a condition they were in before their conversion yea in their conversion that though God granted them some grace yet what abundance of Corruption was in their hearts al that time and what a deal of stir they had to maintain that little grace they wil stand and admire to consider that it should be kept alive in the midst of sin that a little sparke should be kept alive in the midst of the Sea not only in the midst of the Sea but when the sea is tempestuous you yil say it is no great wonder that the fire be kept burning when the sea is calme but when al is in a storme and yet a spark of fire shal be kept alive in the midst of al the tossings of the waves you wil grant here is a mighty power now the keeping alive of grace in thy heart in the midst of so much corruption doth argue as mighty a power in God 2. The Lord doth so order it that stil his own people shal be under the burden of much coruption in this regard because that hereby the Lord draweth forth the exercise of faith in his son in which his soul takes infinite delight the soule of God takes infinite delight in beholding the working of the glorious grace of faith in Jesus Christ But you wil say wherein doth it appeare to be so glorious in regard of our corruption Thus for the Angels in heaven to believe in God that he wil be eternally good to them it is not so much as for a poor soul in the midst of al his corruptions yet to be able to Triumph in the free grace of God in Jesus Christ notwithstanding I am so vild filthy loathsome and abominable to myself and justly God and his Saints may count me a burden to them and cast me off for ever yet for al this my soul shal cling to him I wil cast my self upon him and look upon him as a gracious father a merciful God a God that loves me a God that rejoyceth in doing Good to me for the soul to exercise faith in the Grace of God in Christ it is a glorious thing only take heed you do not mistake it for presumption Object You wil say For men notwithstanding al their sin to beleeve in Gods mercy this is rather presumption then faith Answ True it is presumpion in many they mistake themselves but in others it is true faith and God delights in it and you shal know it by this it doth draw the heart to God and the soul never finds such a prevalent way to overcome those corruptions that are in it as to exercise their faith in the grace of God in Christ I beseech you mark the difference between presumption and faith in Christ presumption wil trust in Gods mercy notwithstanding their sin but that doth indeed foment their sin and makes them secure in their sin makes them the more secure in their sin but now when the soul shal by the true geminine act of faith rest in the free grace of God notwithstanding corruption if it be right such a soul feels no means in the world of greater efficacy to cure and prevail against corruption then this to trust in the free grace of God notwithstanding corruption and if thou findest it thus thou hast no cause to feare trust in Gods grace with confidence for it is that which is wel pleasing unto God and that which the Lord delights in and that which gives as much content to Gods heart as the exercise of any grace whatsoever and in that regard because the Saints shal never exercise such an act of Faith in Heaven ●s this God wil have this in this world 3. This is that that God sees doth drive his own people to him in prayer nothing drives the Saints to God with more earnestness in prayer then the feeling of the weight of Corruption upon them then they goe to God above al God never heares such strong cryes come up to heaven in regard of any affliction as this and by the way you may find by this how your hearts are when the hand of God is upon you in afflictions then you wil cry to God but I put this to you hath there not come as strong cryes to heaven upon the sence of your Corruptions as upon the sence of any Affliction whatsoever 4. The Lord hath glory in this in the exercise of the work of repentance and humility the keeping the Souls of his people in humility and the contrition of their Spirits that is exceeding pleasing to God the Lord is neer to a broken contrite heart a melting mourning spirit the Lord doth delight in the evangelical workings of repentance this pleaseth the Lord the work of humiliation mourning and sorrow for sin in an evangelical way is a grace that is acceptable to God God shal have none of that in heaven and he hath it therefore here 5. God hereby exerciseth his wisdome exceedingly in bringing light out of darkeness God doth many times turne not only the afflictions of his people to their good but he workes good many times out of sin not that hereby we should be bold and presumptuous in our sins we must take head of tempting God yet know this that God doth many times work exceeding much good unto the Saints even out of their sins by occasion of sin though their sin hath no efficacy in this but God takes occasion in this in otherwaies of his providences and workings of his grace to work good unto them 6. There is Gods justice in it also to lay a stumbling block before wicked and ungodly men for when they shal see that the godly that have the most grace they have much corruption in them stil they rejoyce perhaps in it and they little think that God aimes at the execution of his just judgment upon them that it should harden their hearts many wicked men they think their condition to be very good because they see so much corruption in the hearts of the godly and they are hardened therby but they little think