Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Fourthly, the burden of the law is exceeding great in this respect. That upon any one breach of the law, the soul comes to be broken so as to lose ability to be able to keep any part of the Law for ever; I said there is this in the Law more then in the Gospel; that upon any one breach of the Law in the Covenant of works, the soul comes to be so broken, as to loose all the abilities of ever keeping any part of the Law again; as thus, I showed you in Adam. Adam was the Head of the first Covenant of works, of the Law; now Adam he breaks it in one particular, failed in one Particular of what God required of him, and in breaking of it in that one thing, he, and all his posterity was so broken that they lost all their abilities of keeping of the Law for ever, except God come and create any ability, they have lost what ability was given at first in their Creation; so then this is a very great mystery, that one by doing a thing that is evil should weaken the contrary habit; that by doing a thing that is evil we should ⟨p. 38⟩quite loose the Habit, that is quite loose the habit by one act; and not only loose the habit that is contrary to the particular evil that we do, but loose all habits of all good whatsoever, and that by one act; now this is a thing above Nature; this is only by virtue of the covenant of works. God makes such a covenant; it runs upon such terms, as if Adam did but sin in one thing, he must die; that is, his Soul as well as his body must die a spiritual death, and so loose all habits of all Grace. And this is the Reason, why we are by Nature dead in sin.

Fourthly, the burden of the law is exceeding great in this respect. That upon any one breach of the law, the soul comes to be broken so as to lose ability to be able to keep any part of the Law for ever; I said there is this in the Law more then in the Gospel; that upon any one breach of the Law in the Covenant of works, the soul comes to be so broken, as to loose all the abilities of ever keeping any part of the Law again; as thus, I shewed you in Adam. Adam was the Head of the first Covenant of works, of the Law; now Adam he breaks it in one particular, failed in one Particular of what God required of him, and in breaking of it in that one thing, he, and al his posterity was so broken that they lost all their abilities of keeping of the Law for ever, except God come and create any ability, they have lost what ability was given at first in their Creation; so then this is a very great mistery, that one by doing a thing that is evil should weaken the contrary habit; that by doing a thing that is evil we should