Seventh Days Reſt; procceds to prove likewiſe, that it could not he the Reſt of j/racl in the Land of Canaan, fince that was entercd into 490 years before he wrote by the Spirit of this better Reſt, ſince thoſe unbelieving T/rae] that entred into Canaan, never centred int; this Reſt. Foraſmuch then as a Reſt to come is ſpoken of, and tr tome Bclievers muſt have a real and full poſlefſion of the glorious 5<{+ offered to them in the Goſpel, as David foretold ; ſee ver(e 9, 10, x1 y Tne unbelieving Tfae!, who had the Glad Tidings of this Reft prcached unto them by Moſes and by Davis, &c. yet entered not int it, though they entred into, and lived in Canaan, becauſe of their Diſobedience and Unbelief. Then it follows Canaan's Reft ;n4 vo cannot be all one; and the Jatter is only intended by Daviz cre.
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, ſaying in Da. vid s, To day, aiter fo long a time? ; as it is ſid,
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s This is a further Proof, that David did not mean or intend the reſt of the Jews in Canaan, in the 95th Pſalm, from the determined timeof it ; as 1f the Spirit had ſaid, beſides what IT have proves take another Argument ; Again T argie. God bv the Prophet fetterh out and fevereth from all other Times, a certain ſtated Day, fron; which the Reſt ſpoken of, is cleared, and ofit teſtifieth by him, P;a, 95. 7,8, t Atterqoo Years.paſt of Irae?!'s Reſt in Canaan, whicl was a long time, doth David ſay of to Day, a Time preſent, then and further to be extended, even the Goſpel-day, in David's time, an after it, not in Foſhua's, for that was paſt long before. »y Ye outs to dayto hear, receive and believe the Goſpel of God's Ref?, and not by unbelicf to turn your Hearts from the Voice of God in the Goſpel.
he not afterward have ſpoken of another day -.
w This is the improvement of the former Inſtance, verſe 7. If Foſbua by bringing 1ſ-ael into Canaan, had given reſt to all Believers, then God would not by David have ſpoken of another Day and 2: of Reſt to come. Foſhua was, Afs 7. 45. a Type of Jeſus bringinz Believers into the true Reſt of the heavenly Canaan, as he did 7+] into a literal one. Tf that of Canaan was the full and perfe&t Reft of Believers, which was given them by him. x Then God himſelf would not have ſpoken by David of a better and heavenly reſt prot miſed Believers in the Goſpel; of which ſpiritual and eternal one both God's Seventh-day Sabbath, and the reſt of Canaan were but I Shadows and Types, The Expoſtulation is vehemently deny- ing it, |
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a more excellent reſt revealed to faith in the Goſpel, which is remain- ing, tuture, and to come, and will ſure 2nd oſt certainly do fo; though it be behind, yet it will be enjoyned. A Sabbatiſm which is a State and Seaſon of a moſt glorious Reſt, ſee verſe 10. ſhall be enjoy- ed by ſincere Believers, the true Jae! of God, of whom he is the Proprietor, and who are for their eternal State ſo excellently holy, and of fo divine a Nature, that he is not aſhamed to be called their God. They have an Entrance here into the Initials of this Sabba- tiſm in internal Peace, and the glorious Liberty of the Children of God ; and by it ſecured of the full poſſeſſion of it in the eternal In- heritance of the Saints in Light, Colof. 1. 12, 13. 1 P2t. 1.3, 4, 5 Rev. 14. 13. |
10 For hethat isentred into his reſt 2,he allo hath
ceaſed from his own works 2, as God dd from his 6.
7 This praveth - the foregoing Conſequence of a ReF remaining, from the Nature of a true Reſt, which 1s reſting from all Labours, which the Iſraelites did not in Canaan, therefore it is yet to come. For every true Believer, who hath full poſſefſion of God's Reit, wherc God 1s ſatisfying of them in bliſs, they reſt in his Loves, of which the Sabbath and Canaan were but Types. a Such true Chriſtians have ceaſed and reſted from all their finful Works and Labours, as works of callings, Miſeries, Anxieties, and Sufferings of any kind, reſting from them perte&ly and perpetually, having finiſhed all his Work of Evangelical Obedience through them. 6 They have reſted not in a Parity of Ref, or Work in kind, but as God from his own 7 likeneſs of order, his Work going before Reſt, and of Reſt fitted or Believers by him conformable to his own. Some refer theſe Words and the Relative he to our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, as Head of his Body the Church of true Believers ; and that the Parallel runs between God the Father and him in the Works of the Old and New Creation, which Works were good and compleat in their different Kinds 11 their Ceflation fron; them, and their Reſts in their reſpeQtive S4v- baths, both Days being founded thereon ; and that Believers "all b2 conformable to their Head, treading in his Steps in doing and 1ufter- ing, and thenin Reſt.
11 Letus labour therefore to enter into that reſt c,letl
* To day. if ye will hear his voice, harden not your fQ.,...
8 For if || Jeſus had given them reſt w, then would | Tit,
9 There remaineth therefore a || reſt to the people of |0r, iz
y Here the Spirit concludes from his former Proofs, that there is bat,
any man fall after the ſame example of || unbeli-# 4, þ or, ! c-This is the Uſe of the former Dofrine, that finc? MANY, | .71-:
through Unhclicf tall ' ſhort of God's Reſt, therefore !et vs Jabour.
Emory imports Study of Mind, Earneſtneſs of Action, Pit
gence of Endeavour, with all the Powers of Soul and Body to 10-
tend this Work : fo is it uſed, 2 Pet. 1.10, This is the matt neceniz-
ry, excellent. and important one to us in this Woria, our it
gle great Buſineſs in it ; and therefore as Students our Mics mutt 00
Ka: here is not ſo much cpulative, conneting an Inſtance of Da- 474 to the ſame purpoſe of that of Moſes about the Seventh Days Reſt from the Creation, but d/cretive, joyning an Inſtance of ' another Reft of God, ditterent from the Seventh Days Reſt. Moſes ſpake of this, But Dav'd here of a further Reſt ; for in Pſalm 95. 11. David tpakxe not of the Seventh Day, but of God's laſt and Eternal Reſt. p t3 here 1s affrirative, as appears by comparing ver/e 3.and 6. that theie ſhall haye a real ani! full poſſeſſion in the future, after Da
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