Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

It is true, as we shall hear afterwards, they come to us in, another way than formerly, they came to the Jews, but still it is apparent, notwithstanding any thing revealed in the Gospel, though there may be a great deal of grace now mixed with every commandment that comes to us, and so the manner of bringing it to us may be a great deal more sweet, and comfortable, than formerly it was, yet still this abides as an everlasting rule, That those are transgressors of the law, and to be convinced of sin even by the law, that do not in their conversation submit unto the rules thereof; and what indeed is the very definition of sin by St. John but this, sin is, [Greek or Hebrew], the transgression of the law, so that in these five respects, as the Law is the glass of Gods holiness, As it is the very copy and extract of the image of God in which God made man at the first, As it is the glass in which we are to look to see our deformity, As it is the revelation of the will of God, and as it is the authoritative rule for our conversation, so Christ doth not deliver us from it, but it stands in force in all these five respects, and there are no believers, no gracious godly souls, that do account the Law a burden in these respects, but bless God for the Law, and they account it their inheritance, and the joy of their souls, they bless God that ever they knew it, and their hearts lie under the power of it, and they are willing to order their lives by it.

It is true, as we shal heare afterwards, they come to us in, another way than formerly, they came to the Jews, but still it is apparent, notwithstanding any thing revealed in the Gospel, though there may be a great deale of grace now mixed with every commandement that comes to us, and so the manner of bringing it to us may be a great deal more sweet, and comfortable, than formerly it was, yet still this abides as an everlasting rule, That those are transgressors of the law, and to be convinced of sin even by the law, that do not in their conversation submit unto the rules thereof; and what indeed is the very definition of sin by St. John but this, sin is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the transgression of the law, so that in these five respects, as the Law is the glass of Gods holiness, As it is the very coppy and extract of the image of God in which God made man at the first, As it is the glass in which we are to look to see our deformity, As it is the revelation of the wil of God, and as it is the authoritative rule for our conversation, so Christ doth not deliver us from it, but it stands in force in al these five respects, and there are no beleevers, no gracious godly soules, that do account the Law a burden in these respects, but bless God for the Law, and they account it their inheritance, and the joy of their soules, they bless God that ever they knew it, and their hearts lie under the power of it, and they are willing to order their lives by it.