Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

2ly, now he that is the lawgiver, is thy redeemer, thou comest now to receive the law from the hand of a mediator & ⟨p. 236⟩here indeed is the principle ease and rest of a gracious heart, to the mind of a Saint, a believer, that now he comes to receive the Law from the hand of a mediator. There is many that speak of deliverance from the Law as it came by Moses, but if we understand things aright, we have no such cause to think that necessary, to be delivered from the Law as it came by Moses in one sense, that is thus, Moses was a type of Christ as a Mediator, for so he is called a Mediator, in Gal. 3.19. It was ordained by Angels in the hand of a mediator. God made use of the ministry of the Angels in delivering the law, and he gave it in the hand of a mediator, not to the people immediately, for they were not able to bear it, but in the hand of Moses, because he was to bring the Law from God unto them, and it was not immediately given unto them, but in his hand as in the hand of a Mediator. Now Moses is called a Mediator here, as a type of Christ, as he was a type of Christ; as he was a type of Christ in diverse respects, so in this, and he typified Christ in this particular, that the Law to believers, comes not unto them merely from God as a righteous and just God, as their Judg, but comes unto them in the hand of Christ as their Mediator, and there is a great deal of comfort in the Law to receive it thus, to receive it from the hand of Christ who is their Mediator, and (as I showed before) who is their advocate; for so he is called in scripture: that now they should receive the Law by his hand, that is at the right hand of the Father, to be their advocate, to plead for them when they shall through infirmity break the law; this is a mighty rest to the soul, therefore believers are to look upon the Law coming from God, but coming from God in the hand of a Mediator, to look upon their mediator as indeed their Law-giver, not only handing the Law to them as Moses did, but the truth is, the Law-giver himself, Christ the Mediator hands the Law to them, yea, is their Law-giver, and receives the Law for them: now this must needs be a great ease, a great ⟨p. 237⟩Rest to the Soul, if it understands this aright.

2ly, now he that is the lawgiver, is thy redeemer, thou comest now to receiv the law from the hand of a mediator &