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It is call'd a Rest, which is a ne∣gative Description and excludes all manner of Uneasiness or Disturbance. That Rest will be glorious without dispute and the Words contain a very just Description of it. However, we will, if you please, confine it to the Rest after this Life, in the heavenly World. The Text that is under our Consideration, includes in it, all the Rests that the blessed Jesus bestows on true Be∣lievers, whether in this World, or the World to come for Time, or for Eternity to the Soul, or to the Body. And there is beyond and above all, the Rest that remains for the Peo∣ple of God, in the heavenly World. There is also a glorious Rest for the Church upon Earth in the latter Day: The new Earth, wherein shall dwell Righteousness. It brings with it a Rest of Mind, an Heart fixed trusting in the Lord. The Dispensation he brings is a Rest compared with the Yoke of Jewish Ceremonies. That is, the Messiah, who is the Root of Jesse, shall by his being lifted up on his Cross, obtain a blessed Rest for his chosen People among whom shall be the Gentiles, who shall seek to him for it. And in that Day there shall be a Root of Jesse, which shall stand for an Ensign of the People to it shall the Gentiles seek, and his Rest shall be glorious. At the 10th Verse, our Saviour is described as lifted up as an Ensign, and the Gentiles seeking to him, while he thus purchases a Rest for them. This is done with an Eloquence and Beauty peculiar to himself. The Chapter before us is of this Kind, in which the inspired Man gives us the Character of the Messiah, and describes his powerful and happy Kingdom. This is a Theme that the Prophet delights to dwell upon, and introduces throughout the whole of his lofty Predic∣tions. the Subjects, there are none that show with a diviner Brightness, or cast a more radiant Lustre thro' the Book, than those which concern the Advent of the Messiah, and the illustrious Transactions that should attend it. THE Prophecy of Isaiah, is one of the most sublime and noble Pieces of the Old Testament, whether we consider the Force of Thought, the Magnificence of the Descriptions, or the Majesty and Importance of the Subjects with which they abound.