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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 3 › The Eighth Burden of sin.
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 Eighth Burden of sin.
Eighthly, Again, Though it feels much weight of sin upon it, Yet in all this it Justifies God, and doth not think hard thoughts of God notwithstanding the heavy hand of God is upon him. Its true I feel Gods heavy hand is upon me; and presseth me sore but yet Gods hand is just, he is righteous in all this, let him have glory whatsoever becomes of me, for the truth is, I have brought ⟨p. 20⟩this burden upon my self; there was a time that I heaped up one sin after another, as if I could never have had weight enough upon me, but now I find it heavy, Oh! the Sins of my youth they lie heavy now upon my soul, my lying and Swearing, And the Loss of my time, and my Sabbath-breaking; Oh! the Lord is righteous in all his ways. And in this manner doth the heart work that is burdened in Such a way as the Lord doth intend good unto.
Eighthly, Again, Though it feels much weight of sin upon it, Yet in al this it Justifies God, and doth not think hard thoughts of God notwithstanding the heavy hand of God is upon him. Its true I feel Gods heavy hand is upon me; and presseth me sore but yet Gods hand is just, he is righteous in al this, let him have glory whatsoever becoms of me, for the truth is, I have brought ⟨p. 20⟩this burden upon my self; there was a time that I heaped up one sin after another, as if I could never have had weight enough upon me, but now I find it heavy, Oh! the Sins of my youth they lie heavy now upon my soul, my lying and Swearing, And the Loss of my time, and my Saboth-breaking; Oh! the Lord is righteous in al his waies. And in this manner doth the heart work that is burdened in Such a way as the Lord doth intend good unto.