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Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughs.Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
CHRIST INVITING SINNERS TO COME TO HIM. › Chapter 2 › The Burden of Corruption.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Burden of Corruption.
Thirdly, You that labour under the power of any Corruption; Not only under the Guilt of your Sins, but under the power of Corruption, that feel your Sins strong in you; and you would fain get the mastery of them. You that carry about with you such a weight as makes you to cry out with St. Paul, Oh! Wretched ⟨p. 13⟩man, or Woman that I am, who shall deliver me from this Body of Death? You that would fain overcome those strong Corruptions that are in you, and it is the great burden of your Souls that you cannot overcome them. Come to me (saith Christ) and I will give you rest, from them also. First, you that labour under the burden of duties and find them toilsome. Secondly, you that labour under the guilt of Sin, and find your Souls perplexed by it. Thirdly, You that labour under the power of any corruption and cannot overcome it. Come to me and I will give you Rest. And then.
Thirdly, You that labor under the power of any Corruption; Not only under the Guilt of your Sins, but under the power of Corruption, that feel your Sins strong in you; and you would fain get the mastery of them. You that carry about with you such a weight as makes you to cry out with St. Paul, Oh! Wretched ⟨p. 13⟩man, or Woman that I am, who shal deliver me from this Body of Death? You that would fain overcome those strong Corruptions that are in you, and it is the great burden of your Souls that you cannot overcome them. Come to me (saith Christ) and I wil give you rest, from them also. First, you that labor under the burden of duties and find them toylesome. Secondly, you that labor under the guilt of Sin, and find your Souls perplexed by it. Thirdly, You that labor under the power of any corruption and cannot overcome it. Come to me and I wil give you Rest. And then.