And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

Noah signifies rest. A proper name for him, who was a type of the promised rest to all the people of God. Methinks, I would ask my heart, while reading the name of Noah, and his father's hopes concerning him, whether I can say, in reference to our spiritual Noah, even the Lord Jesus Christ, shall the same comfort me?

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