Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

The Fourth property of the burden of Corruption.

Fourthly, it is such a burden, as makes all other burdens to be a burden, as it contains in it all other burdens, so sin is that which makes all other things burdensome that are burdensome, as now a man or woman that is poor, poverty is a great burden, I but if there be sin with poverty, that makes it a burden indeed; sickness is a burden, I, but so far as sin is mixed therewithal, so far it is a greater burden, and so loss of estate and the like, ⟨p. 83⟩as thus, I would compare all other burdens to this, as water in a tankard when your tankard-bearers carry water, it is a burden to them, but they have arts to make their tankards light as can be, but now if they carried their water in tankards of Lead, though the water were no heavier, yet this would make it more burdensome; so sickness, poverty, loss of estate, they are burdensome to all that bear them, but yet the corruption of sin when the heart is corrupted with sin, that is as lead that makes it the greater burden, and therefore sin in the heart is such a thing as makes all other things burdensome that are burdensome. Though a man should loose all his estate in one night, this might be some burden, but he that hath sin upon him, that makes all other burdens to be burdensome.

Fourthly, it is such a burden, as makes al other burdens to be a burden, as it contains in it al other burdens, so sin is that which makes al other things burdensome that are burdensome, as now a man or woman that is poor, poverty is a great burden, I but if there be sin with poverty, that makes it a burden indeed; sickness is a burden, I, but so far as sin is mixt therewithal, so far it is a greater burden, and so loss of estate and the like, ⟨p. 83⟩as thus, I would compare al other burdens to this, as water in a tankerd when your tankerd-bearers carry water, it is a burden to them, but they have arts to make their tankerds light as can be, but now if they carried their water in tankards of Lead, though the water were no heavier, yet this would make it more burdensome; so sickness, poverty, loss of estate, they are burdensome to al that beare them, but yet the corruption of sin when the heart is corrupted with sin, that is as lead that makes it the greater burden, and therefore sin in the heart is such a thing as makes al other things burdensome that are burdensome. Though a man should loose al his estate in one night, this might be some burden, but he that hath sin upon him, that makes al other burdens to be burdensome.