1. Such as Labour and are Heavy Laden, under the burden of the righteousness of the Law. So Chrysostom carries the text. Those that heretofore have sought ⟨p. 7⟩righteousness by the Law, and find it very burdensome to them; they that are toiling, and labouring, to get peace and rest unto their souls by the works of the Law, but find themselves tired, find that peace and rest doth not come that way, are even toiled and tired and do (as it were) stick in the mire but yet find no peace nor rest that way. Now saith Christ unto them, come unto me; as if he should say; This is not the right way to get true peace and rest to your souls, to think to bring it about by the works of the Law; you may toil, labour, perform duties, and not dare to do any thing against your consciences; be very strict in your lives, be striving to do more and more; And yet this will not bring true rest and peace unto your souls; you will never have peace and rest through the righteousness of the Law; you must have it by me. There are many whose consciences God hath begun to enlighten, to see that there is an evil in Sin, that sin will bring death, that it doth endanger their souls of damnation eternally, they are convinced of this; and that they might have peace with God, is the thing their souls doth much desire. O! that they might have the pardon of sin, and peace with God. O! that they might have their consciences quieted; God doth awaken the consciences of many men and women, who yet have no saving grace; and they spend a great deal of time in labouring, and taking much pains to get their Consciences quiet; there is many that have been divers years labouring, and taking pains to get their consciences to be quiet, and cannot, but their consciences ever and anon will be flying in their faces, & troubling of them, and yet they are such people, as dare not commit any known sin; dare not neglect any known duty, are constant in prayer in secret, attend upon the word. And whensoever they hear of a duty that they should perform, they labour to set upon it withal their might: but alas! they feel little sweetness and comfort in their duty;
1. Such as Labor and are Heavy Laden, under the burden of the righteousness of the Law. So Chrisostom carries the text. Those that heretofore have sought ⟨p. 7⟩righteousness by the Law, and find it very burdensom to them; they that are toyling, and laboring, to get peace and rest unto their souls by the works of the Law, but find themselves tyred, find that peace and rest doth not come that way, are even toyled and tyred and do (as it were) stick in the mire but yet find no peace nor rest that way. Now saith Christ unto them, come unto me; as if he should say; This is not the right way to get true peace and rest to your souls, to think to bring it about by the works of the Law; you may toyl, labor, performe duties, and not dare to do any thing against your consciences; be very strict in your lives, be striving to do more and more; And yet this wil not bring true rest and peace unto your souls; you wil never have peace and rest through the righteousness of the Law; you must have it by me. There are many whose consciences God hath begun to enlighten, to see that there is an evil in Sin, that sin wil bring death, that it doth endanger their souls of damnation eternally, they are convinced of this; and that they might have peace with God, is the thing their souls doth much desire. O! that they might have the pardon of sin, and peace with God. O! that they might have their consciences quieted; God doth awaken the consciences of many men and women, who yet have no saving grace; and they spend a great deal of time in laboring, and taking much pains to get their Consciences quiet; there is many that have been divers years laboring, and taking paines to get their consciences to be quiet, and cannot, but their consciences ever and anon wil be flying in their faces, & troubling of them, and yet they are such people, as dare not commit any known sin; dare not neglect any known duty, are constant in prayer in secret, attend upon the word. And whensoever they heare of a duty that they should perform, they labor to set upon it withal their might: but alas! they feel little sweetness and comfort in their duty;
