_The Saint's Rest is not to be expected on earth._
The sin and folly of expecting rest here, appears 180 By the reasonableness of present afflictions; 181 1. They are the way to rest; ibid 2. They keep us from mistaking it; ibid 3. And from losing our way to it; 182 4. They quicken our pace towards it; ibid 5. They chiefly incommode our flesh; and 183 6. Under them are often the best foretastes of rest, ibid By the unreasonableness of resting in present comforts, 185 1. 'Tis idolatry; ibid 2. It contradicts God's end in giving them; ibid 3. 'Tis the way to have them refused, withdrawn, or embittered; 186 4. To be suffered to do this, is the greatest curse; 187 5. 'Tis seeking rest where it is not; ibid 6. The creatures, without God, aggravate our misery; 189 7. And all this is confirmed by experience, ibid Also by the unreasonableness of our unwillingness to die and possess the saint's rest. 190