One Reason is this, because they are dead in sins, if this whole building should fall upon a dead man, he would not feel it, and take this as an infallible argument, that thou art dead in sins and trespasses, if thou dost not feel the Burden of thy corruption, that man and woman that is not sensible of the sin that is in their Souls, I dare in the Name of God, pronounce that Man or Woman dead. As it is in Nature, though we may loose the sense of seeing, or of smelling, or of hearing, yet we may live, yet the sense of feeling or touching that cannot be lost, if we be living if we loose the sense of feeling, certainly that man or Woman is dead, no sense inwardly or outwardly, there is some sense of feeling, so long as there is life. So here, though there may be many weaknesses in men and Women, yet when they do not feel the Burden of their Corruptions at all, certainly they are dead men and Women. Now you that are weary and heavy Laden, come to me, (saith Christ) And I will give you Rest, know, that Christ speaks to you, not only out of pity, as to those that Labour under the Burden of Legal performances, but out of love, and know, that by this you come to be fitted for Christ and it is that that is as delightful to the heart of Christ to give ease and Rest to his poor Servants that Labour under the Burden of Corruption as to do any thing in the world; it was a special end why Christ came into the world, to dissolve the works of the Devil, our ⟨p. 92⟩Corruptions are from the Devil, and are tied close to us, and they easily beset us, (as the expression is) now I say it was the end why Jesus Christ came into the world, to dissolve the works of the Devil, that is, when he sees his poor Servants under this burden and to cry out under it, as Paul did, who shall deliver me, then Christ comes to cut this bond and so to dissolve the works of the Devil and give ease and Rest to their Spirits. You do well when you struggle and strive against your Corruptions with all the strength you have, but the great work you have to do that you may be delivered from your Corruptions is, to renew your act of Faith in Christ, to make use of those Scriptures wherein Christ is said to be our Sanctification, as well as our Redemption, and to act our Faith upon those Scriptures, and that is the way to ease our Souls of these Burdens.
One Reason is this, because they are dead in sins, if this whole building should fal upon a dead man, he would not feel it, and take this as an infallible argument, that thou art dead in sins and trespasses, if thou dost not feel the Burden of thy corruption, that man and woman that is not sensible of the sin that is in their Souls, I dare in the Name of God, pronounce that Man or Woman dead. As it is in Nature, though we may loose the sense of seeing, or of smelling, or of hearing, yet we may live, yet the sense of feeling or touching that cannot be lost, if we be living if we loose the sense of feeling, certainly that man or Woman is dead, no sense inwardly or outwardly, there is some sense of feeling, so long as there is life. So here, though there may be many weaknesses in men and Women, yet when they do not feel the Burden of their Corruptions at al, certainly they are dead men and Women. Now you that are weary and heavy Laden, come to me, (saith Christ) And I will give you Rest, know, that Christ speaks to you, not only out of pity, as to those that Labor under the Burden of Legal performances, but out of love, and know, that by this you come to be fitted for Christ and it is that that is as delightful to the heart of Christ to give ease and Rest to his poor Servants that Labor under the Burden of Corruption as to do any thing in the world; it was a special end why Christ came into the world, to dissolve the works of the Devil, our ⟨p. 92⟩Corruptions are from the Devil, and are tied close to us, and they easily beset us, (as the expression is) now I say it was the end why Jesus Christ came into the world, to dissolve the works of the Devil, that is, when he sees his poor Servants under this burden and to cry out under it, as Paul did, who shal deliver me, then Christ comes to cut this bond and so to dissolve the works of the Devil and give ease and Rest to their Spirits. You do wel when you struggle and strive against your Corruptions with all the strength you have, but the great work you have to do that you may be delivered from your Corruptions is, to renew your act of Faith in Christ, to make use of those Scriptures wherein Christ is said to be our Sanctification, as wel as our Redemption, and to act our Faith upon those Scriptures, and that is the way to ease our Souls of these Burdens.
