Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

SECT. IV. Of Christ's easy Yoke, and light Burden.

SECT. IV. Of Christ's easie Yoak, and light Burthen.

3. For the easiness of Christs Yoke, and the lightness of Christs burden, Christ delivers it in these words, Take my Yoke upon you and learn of me,—for my Yoke is easy, ¹and my Burden is light. See the actings of Christ this year in reference to our souls health. 1. He commissionates his Apostles to call sinners in. 2. He stands ready to receive them if they will but come in. 3. He sweetens the way of Christianity to them when they are come in. Many fears and jealousies are in the hearts of men, of the difficulty, austerity, and severity of Christs institutions; and therefore to remove that objection, he tells them plainly, there is no such thing, but rather clean contrary, For my Yoke is easy, and my Burden is light.

3. FOr the easiness of Christs Yoak, and the lightness of Christs burthen, Christ delivers it in these words, Take my Yoak upon you and learn of me,—for my Yoak is easie, ¹and my Burthen is light. See the actings of Christ this year in reference to our souls health. 1. He commissionates his Apostles to call sinners in. 2. He stands ready to receive them if they will but come in. 3. He sweetens the way of Christianity to them when they are come in. Many fears and jealousies are in the hearts of men, of the difficulty, austerity, and severity of Christs institutions; and therefore to remove that objection, he tells them plainly, there is no such thing, but rather clean contrary, For my Yoak is easie, and my Burthen is light.

1. 1Mat. 11.29, 30.