_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 'Tis the way to have them refused, withdrawn, or embittered; 186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