Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Thirdly, In thy coming, be sure of this, to come with thy whole soul; that is, do not come to Christ only as one means of help for you, and thinking it is Good to make use of all means we can, and Christ I see to be as likely a means as any other. No, but come to Christ as the only means, so as to cast thy whole soul upon him, not to hang upon any thing else, and so to give out, as it were, an arm to him, and yet to have somewhat else to rest upon if that fail. As we come to a friend sometimes, and desire somewhat of him, but how? so as we would make a friend other where, that if that fail we may have two strings to our bow: but we must come to Christ and lay the full weight upon him alone, the full soul upon him. We must come to Christ, not as if we were over some deep pit, and here is one thing to rest upon that is strong enough, that if we would lay weight upon that is alone we might be safe. Well, but there is another thing, that is a rotten thing, now we are loth to venture upon the strong, the sound, not knowing it to be so, but we lay a part upon the rotten, and part upon the sound, by this perhaps we may come to fall and perish, because the full weight was not laid upon that that was sound. So here, the Lord propounds his son as an all sufficient redeemer for us, in whom there is righteousness and salvation, and requires of those that come to his Son, that they shall come with their whole souls, and lay the whole weight of their souls upon him for life and salvation, and all their good and happiness. Now if they think to have two strings to their bow, they would have Christ, but they would have the world too, and their own ways too, upon this a Thousand to one but they miscarry. It was an excellent speech of Joseph, sending for his father Jacob in Genesis 45.20. Joseph sent to have his father Jacob brought to him, now there