Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

but now when any truth of God should lay sin upon their hearts, they cast it out, and they think hardly of those Truths of God that would come and •ind their sins to their Consciences, and so burden ⟨p. 28⟩them with their sins; but it should be otherwise with us. If those that be thus laden with their sins, be those that Christ doth call to him, we should not think so hardly of those Truths of God that doth reveal the evil of sin unto us, but rather let us join with those Truths of God, and labour to burden our own hearts; for you see that those that are burdened, Christ calls them to him that they might have rest; there is no other burdens that we are to bring upon our selves, but rather seek to avoid them; but as for the burden of sin, we are to burden our hearts with that, and to labour to lay our sins to our hearts, and to press them there, and to charge them upon our own Spirits with all the aggravations we can, and to join with the work of Gods Spirit, when the Spirit of God comes to lay sin upon the soul, to join with it, and to say, Lord, I begin to be more sensible of my sins, than I was before, Lord, humble me through it, let me be under thy hand as long as thou pleasest, only work thy good work upon me.

but now when any truth of God should lay sin upon their hearts, they cast it out, and they think hardly of those Truths of God that would come and •ind their sins to their Consciences, and so burden ⟨p. 28⟩them with their sins; but it should be otherwise with us. If those that be thus laden with their sins, be those that Christ doth call to him, we should not think so hardly of those Truths of God that doth reveal the evil of sin unto us, but rather let us joyn with those Truths of God, and labor to burden our own hearts; for you see that those that are burdened, Christ cals them to him that they might have rest; there is no other burdens that we are to bring upon our selves, but rather seek to avoid them; but as for the burden of sin, we are to burden our hearts with that, and to labor to lay our sins to our hearts, and to press them there, and to charge them upon our own Spirits with all the aggravations we can, and to joyn with the work of Gods Spirit, when the Spirit of God comes to lay sin upon the soul, to joyn with it, and to say, Lord, I begin to be more sensible of my sins, than I was before, Lord, humble me through it, let me be under thy hand as long as thou pleasest, only work thy good work upon me.