Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Object. You will say, What do you speak of these burdens, of the necessity of the souls being burdened with the weight of sin, that it may come to Christ for ease and rest? surely there is no such thing required.

Answ. To that I answer, That all this burden of the soul for sin, is not any Condition of the Covenant of Grace, that must be granted; there is no other Condition but believing in Christ; it is not looked upon as a Condition.

Answ. To that I answer, That al this burden of the soul for sin, is not any Condition of the Covenant of Grace, that must be granted; there is no other Condition but beleeving in Christ; it is not looked upon as a Condition.

In the second place, you must know, That all this burden of the soul for sin, it doth not interest the soul in Christ, nor give it rest in Christ. I may be thus burdened for sin, yet except I do believe indeed, that there be an act of faith beyond this, I shall not obtain rest. Then hence, we must not ground our faith upon being burdened for sin, to think, because we are burdened, therefore we shall be pardoned and saved; we must not lay the stress and weight of our faith, upon the feeling the weight of our sin, that which we must pitch our faith upon, is not our trouble, the trouble of our souls for our sins; but those troubles that the soul of Jesus Christ ⟨p. 22⟩suffered for sin. It is a note of great use, and I beseech you observe it; you must know this, That when your hearts are troubled for sin, you must not think that this is the Condition of the Covenant of Grace; nor you must not make this the object of your faith, as to think thus, because I am thus troubled, therefore I may believe that my sin is pardoned, no, I must not pitch my faith upon my own trouble, but upon the trouble of Jesus Christ; those troubles that the soul of Jesus Christ did endure by way of satisfaction.