Rest

I've been very busy with plays and school, so I'm having a rest from the blog this week.

4. Quiet; peace; cessation from disturbance.Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat. xi. 29. He giveth you rest from all your enemies.
Deut. xii. 10. Though the righteous be prevented with death; yet shall he be in rest.
Wisd. iv. 7. ’Scap’d from such storms of pow’r, holding it best
To be below herself to be at rest.
Daniel’s Civil War. The root cut off, from whence these tumults rose,
He should have rest, the commonwealth repose.
Daniel.Thus fenc’d, but not at rest or ease of mind.
Milton. With what a load of vengeance am I prest,
Yet never, never, can I hope for rest;
For when my heavy burden I remove,
The weight falls down, and crushes her I love.
Dryden. Like the sun, it had light and agility; it knew no rest but in motion, no quiet but in activity.
South’s Sermons. Where can a frail man hide him? in what arms
Shall a short life enjoy a little rest.
Fanshaw. Thither, where sinners may have rest, I go.
Pope. The grave, where ev’n the great find rest.
Pope. The midnight murderer
Invades the sacred hour of silent rest.
Anonym. 
5. Cessation from bodily labour.There the weary be at rest.
Job iii. 17.