Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Sixthly, When the heart is truly burdened, with sin; it is so burdened, and feels such a weight, as it clearly apprehends that no creature in heaven or earth is able to remove and take it away, it is made so sensible of the weight of sin, that it feels & apprehends it self to lie under such a weight, as no Creature in Heaven or Earth is able to take away, & if there comes not some power beyond the power of any Creature, here must I lie down and be pressed eternally under this weight. As suppose a poor man Should lie under a grievous burden, in some ditch or the like, and there comes it may be a child to him, or there flies a Bird over him, or there runs a dog by him; But alas, he thinks with himself, I may lie long enough notwithstanding all these, there must come some other Strength to help me, ⟨p. 19⟩or else I must surely perish; So the soul lies under the burden of Sin, and thinks, Lord what a burden have I brought my self under, so great that if all the men in the world, or all the Angels in heaven should come to me they cannot help me; they may speak good words to me but they cannot help me, it is only the almighty power of god that is able to help me: now the soul feels sin to some purpose, when once it feels that there is no created power, no finite power but only the infinite power of the great god that can help it, and give it ease.

Sixtly, When the heart is truely burdened, with sin; it is so burdened, and feels such a weight, as it clearly apprehends that no creature in heaven or earth is able to remove and take it away, it is made so sensible of the weight of sin, that it feels & apprehends it self to lie under such a weight, as no Creature in Heaven or Earth is able to take away, & if there comes not some power beyond the power of any Creature, here must I lie downe and be prest eternally under this weight. As suppose a poore man Should lie under a greivous burden, in some ditch or the like, and there comes it may be a child to him, or there flies a Bird over him, or there runs a dog by him; But alas, he thinks with himself, I may lie long enough notwithstanding al these, there must come some other Strength to help me,