Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

So these men that would make contradiction in the preaching of Gods Ministers in the Gospel, they are strangers to the way of God in the Gospel, did they understand the way of God clearly in the Gospel, they would know how to make a sweet agreement of such things as they would make poor young ones, and weak believers to believe there is a contradiction in them. And therefore this I would hold, and hope we shall for ever hold as a strong principle, That the condition of the Gospel is only coming, and that which the weight of our souls and eternal estates lies upon is, not our humbling, but it is the coming to Jesus Christ. Do not say, that this tends to looseness, for that soul that sees Christ as the glorious mediator to come to save him, this sight of Christ, hath a great deal of power to sanctify the heart, for when I see this, I see, first, that I have to do with God, and that there must be a mediator between God and me, my sins have made such a breach between God and my soul, this tends not to looseness. And then as you were taught before, coming notes a removing from one condition to another. Then it notes secondly, that my heart is taken off from the world, from my lusts, from my corruptions, my coming implies this. And thirdly, when I consider the end of my coming, what the soul aims at when it comes thus, I come to Christ to save me from the power of my sins, as well as ⟨p. 135⟩the guilt of my sins. I come to Christ as the fountain of all my happiness, I come to him for life and grace and all good. I come to him that I might live in him, and that I might live to God by him, Certainly to say that Christ requires only to come to him, this doth not tend to looseness. I come to Christ that I may commit my whole soul to him, is not this a sanctifying grace? Indeed to preach thus, that you may come to Christ and no more, this pleaseth Libertines, but when we consider what is the way of the Gospel, I must first know what it is to come, and then I must know that it is to leave somewhat; to know wherefore I come, that I may have all my happiness in him. I come to him for life, for salvation, for union with God the father, that I may enjoy communion with him to everlasting, here is no liberty to looseness in coming, but a blessed maintaining of the condition of the Gospel in the way of the souls coming unto Christ.

So these men that would make contradiction in the preaching of Gods Ministers in the Gospel, they are strangers to the way of God in the Gospel, did they understand the way of God cleerly in the Gospel, they would know how to make a sweet agreement of such things as they would make poor young ones, and weak beleevers to beleeve there is a contradiction in them. And therefore this I would hold, and hope we shal for ever hold as a strong principle, That the condition of the Gospel is only comming, and that which the weight of our soules and eternal estates lies upon is, not our humbling, but it is the comming to Jesus Christ. Do not say, that this tends to loosness, for that soul that sees Christ as the glorious mediator to come to save him, this sight of Christ, hath a great deale of power to sanctifie the heart, for when I see this, I see, first, that I have to doe with God, and that there must be a mediator between God and me, my sins have made such a breach between God and my soul, this tends not to looseness. And then as you were taught before, comming notes a removing from one condition to another. Then it notes secondly, that my heart is taken off from the world, from my lusts, from my corruptions, my comming implies this. And thirdly, when I consider the end of my comming, what the soul aimes at when it comes thus, I come to Christ to save me from the power of my sins, as wel as