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A13282 Anapausis. Rest for the restlesse soule. By Archibald Symmer, minister of the gospell Symmer, Archibald. 1637 (1637) STC 23586; ESTC S106029 9,180 18

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empty cloud in stead of his beloved Juno and without Christ the life of peace they ended their lives and their peace together Wherefore if any man would live in peace and joy with God and his owne conscience which is Gods continuall Deputie he must begin continue and end in Christ No beginning of true peace till a man begin truly to live in Christ and no continuance and perpetuity of rest unlesse 1 Pet. 2. 25. hee continue and rest in that God of rest If after wee are received in the sheepfold of that Shepheard and Bishop of our soules wee goe astray at any time and passe beyond the limits and bounds of his blessed will then doe wee disquiet and trouble our soules wee refuse Isay 8. 6. the waters of Shiloah that runne softly and sweetly and goe to the swelling and raging waters of Jordan What trouble and sorrow and bitter anguish of heart did poore David suffer by the meanes of his sinnes how heavy complaints and lamentations did he expresse Psal 6. 25. 32. And how strong teares and prayers sent he up to the Lord againe for mercy and forgivenesse and for the renewing of his holy Spirit of peace and joy in him Psal 51. So doth every sanctified sensible soule feele the smart of sinne and breach of peace by the same When God is offended the conscience is troubled and till he be pacified peace cannot bee recovered Therefore the wounded soule must runne unto Christ and rest in him Now the man that commeth unto Christ for mercy How we should come unto Christ and peace hee must run unto his Redeemer with the two spirituall feet of faith and repentance of faith because it is impossible without faith to please God for he that commeth to God must beleeve that God is and that hee is a rewarder of them that seeke him Hebr. 11. 6. And he that asketh and beggeth of Christ what he needeth must aske in faith and not waver For hee that wavereth is like a wave of the Sea tossed of the wind and carried away Neither let that man that doubteth of Gods will thinke that he shall receive any thing of the Lord Jam. 1. 6. 7. He must runne likewise with the foot of Repentance For wee know that God heareth not impenitent sinners contemners of God and such as delight in wickednesse John 9. 31. Which that blessed man after Gods owne heart confessed Psal 66. 18. If I regard wickednesse in mine heart the Lord will not heare mee Hee that commeth unto Christ to bee comforted and exalted must first bee 1 Sam. 13. 14. humble and dejected and in the humiliation and lowlinesse of his heart enter in at the strait gate and walke in the narrow way that leadeth unto life For the man that is stuffed up with sinne and puffed up with pride and arrogancy with lust and covetousnesse with a naturall conceit of righteousnesse with malice and envy c. such a one is too too big to enter in at that strait gate and walke in Matt 7. 13. that narrow way he can no more get in and walke there than a Camell can goe through the eye of a needle But the contrite and broken heart the soule sorrowfull for sinne entreth in at that gate and walketh in that narrow way which leadeth it assuredly unto solid and true rest The Jer. 6. 16. true penitent is conducted and led unto true rest and his joy is certaine For Christ promiseth the same assuredly Matth. 11. 28. Refocillabo vos I will give you rest He promiseth more than any corporall Physician dare or can doe to his patient he can but offer his paines and promise to doe his best endevour but he cannot promise recovering of health to the sicke But Christ doth infallibly assure his spirituall patient of true health and peace to his soule Never was there from the foundations of the world any contrite spirit disappointed of this joyfull refreshment nor ever shall be A broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt never despise Psal 51. 17. Christ the God of truth hath ever fulfilled his promise And as this rest is certaine so is it solid and true the remission of sins the sense of Gods love and the peace of conscience is heaven upon earth is it a continuall Feast which maketh a chearfull countenance and causeth good health Prov. 17. 22. yea it sustaineth and beareth the infirmities and all the crosses and vexations of this life Prov. 18. 14. Prov. 15. 13. And finally being the first fruits and beginning of eternall blisse it is the infallible note and token of the same Who so findeth and enjoyeth this rest the same shall be glorified after this life with Christ in the heavens world without end Amen FINIS Imprimatur Tho Wykes Lond. Oct. 10. 1637.