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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.
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.
CHAP. V.
The Reasons of the former Doctrine. 1. Christ hath all mercy in him. 2. The end why he came into the world, was to give rest to burdened souls. 3. Christ himself was once under some kind of this burden. 4. He is to have the glory of all the ease which is given to sinners.
The Third thing is, Reasons why Jesus Christ doth desire and invite souls to come to him.
THe Third thing is, Reasons why Jesus Christ doth desire and invite souls to come to him.
REASON I.
First: Because that all is given to Christ; Christ hath all the mercy of the Father in him; for the fullness of the Godhead dwells in him, and therefore he must needs pity such a soul. There is a Law in Deuteronomy, That if a Beast be under a burden, and ready to perish, God requires that you should not withdraw your self from the Beast, though it be the Beast of your Enemy, but to help it. Now if God would have us to be so merciful (who have but drops of mercy in us) when we see a beast, and that of our Enemies, under a Burden, Then surely the Lord Christ that hath the fullness of the mercy of the infinite God in him; when he shall see an immortal soul under such a burden, and ready to perish, and it cries to him for Help, certainly Christ will ease and help that soul.