Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

5. Those that perform duties in a mere legal way; what they do, they do merely out of fear, they are put upon it in a forcible and rigorous way, they are put upon all their duties in a rigorous way, merely by force and constraint, if you put a man to do a thing merely by force, it is very tedious to him, and especially when your forcing of him is with rigour, as those that are slaves they are not only exhorted to do their duty, but with blows and slashes ⟨p. 58⟩they are set upon their duty, now this is very burdensome: if indeed they might be put upon it with love, gentle, and fair carriages, they should do as much as they do with a great deal more ease, but when all means that is used is rigorous and forcible this makes their lives burdensome unto them; so it is here, they that are legal, perform duties, but how? the terror of the law, the flashes of hell fire in their conscience, and the fear of the Judgments of God come unto them, except you do this you may fear that the Judgments of God will pursue and follow you. In the night season when they are in the dark they are filled with terror, and when this terror comes upon them then they must go to prayer though they have no mind to go to prayer, for their conscience else will fly in their faces in the day time, these are just like the Children of Israel in Egypt, the task masters put them upon their work with rigour, that their very lives were tedious to them, whereas those that are sanctified they go to perform duties out of love and so their duties are sweet and delightful to them.

5. Those that performe duties in a meere legal way; what they do, they do meerly out of feare, they are put upon it in a forcible and rigorous way, they are put upon al their duties in a rigorous way, meerly by force and constraint, if you put a man to do a thing meerly by force, it is very tedious to him, and especialy when your forcing of him is with rigor, as those that are slaves they are not only exhorted to do their duty, but with blowes and slashes