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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.
CHRIST INVITING SINNERS TO COME TO HIM. › Chapter 11 › The First burden of Corruption.
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.
The First burden of Corruption.
First, It is a burden of grief unto them, you know grief causeth heaviness and sadness, now the remainder of corruption that they find in them, it is as lead and lies heavy upon their spirits in regard of grief, it is the cause of their grief and trouble; some will say perhaps sometimes to others, such and such that are professors of religion they go very sadly and heavily, and when once you come to be so strict in your way, you will loose all your comfort, for such and such are always sad and pensive, but do you know what is the reason of their sadness, you have as much cause to be sad as they, the burden is not because they are religious, but because they are no more religious, not because now they do more duties then they did before, but because they cannot find their hearts come up to their duties as they would, do not attribute their grief to their godliness, but rather say to thy self thus, if they that do so much for God, are yet so much troubled and grieved, because they do no more for God, how much cause of trouble and grief have I then, that do nothing at all for God.
First, It is a burden of greife unto them, you know grief causeth heaviness and sadness, now the remainder of corruption that they find in them, it is as lead and lies heavy upon their spirits in regard of greif, it is the cause of their grief and trouble; some wil say perhaps sometimes to others, such and such that are professours of religion they go very sadly and heavily, and when once you come to be so strict in your way, you wil loose al your comfort, for such and such are alwaies sad and pensive, but do you know what is the reason of their sadness, you have as much cause to be sad as they, the burden is not because they are religious, but because they are no more religious, not because now they do more duties then they did before, but because they cannot find their hearts come up to their duties as they would, do not atribute their greif to their godlyness, but rather say to thy self thus, if they that do so much for God, are yet so much troubled and greived, because they do no more for God, how much cause of trouble and greife have I then, that do nothing at al for God.