Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

the afflictions of Paul were exceeding grievous, there was never any more abused then he was, he tells you of being stoned, suffering of shipwreck, and abused of his own country-men, that he suffered nakedness and hunger, and was whipped as if he had been the most notorious rogue in all the country, he had the burden of disgrace upon him, accounted the off-scouring of the world, and the burden of poverty, wanted clo• and bread, and was fain to go up and down from place to place, yet notwithstanding these burdens upon him, you never read that Paul did account himself a wretched man in regard of these burdens, you never read that Paul cried out, O! wretched man that I am that I want •read, […] I want clothes, O wretched ⟨p. 75⟩man that I am whipped, and abused, he doth not cry, out, O! wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from affliction, who shall deliver me from persecution no, we find in scripture that he rejoiced in affliction, when he was cast into dungeons he could sing psalms, and when he had the whip, he could sing psalms and rejoice, but when he comes to his sin then he falls under that burden, who shall deliver me from that, as if he should say, O! Lord let me be never so much afflicted here in this world, yet if I cold have my soul delivered from this burden of my sin, I should account my self a happy man, and yet he was delivered from the guilt of sin for he knew he should never go to hell for his sin, and he was delivered from the dominion of his sin to, and yet he cries out under this burden of his sin, who shall deliver me. I appeal unto many of you what closet or secret chamber of yours can ever witness that you were thus crying out in respect of your sin, O wretched man or woman that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of sin, from this wretched heart that I have, many of you we hear cry out of poverty, disgrace, and trouble in your families and the like, but who of you cries out who shall deliver me from this body of death, from this sin of my nature;

the afflictions of Paul were exceeding greivous, there was never any more abused then he was, he tels you of being stoned, suffering of shipwrake, and abused of his owne countri-men, that he suffered nakedness and hunger, and was whipt as if he had been the most notorious rogue in al the country, he had the burden of disgrace upon him, accounted the off-scowring of the world, and the burden of poverty, wanted clo and bread, and was fain to go up and down from place to place, yet notwithstanding these burdens upon him, you never read that Paul did account himself a wretched man in regard of these burdens, you never read that Paul cryed out, O! wretched man that I am that I want read, I want cloaths, O wretched