Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

As now it is in many Cases between Men and Men; some men are in such a Capacity, that if they do such a thing, it is accepted, but if another man, that is not in the same Capacity do the same thing, he will not be accepted; so it is here, those men that are in this Capacity in Christ, and have together with the sorrows for their sins, the sorrows of Christ presented to the Father. Canst thou when thou art sorrowing for thy sins, present the sorrows of Jesus Christ by Faith unto the Father? Then thou art accepted; but know this, that no sorrow for sin is accepted, but such as is joined with the presentation of the sorrows of Christ unto the Father. Now what an ease is this to the Soul! That now the Heart hath a means to melt it, for the Heart was hardened before, the sorrow for sin is such, that the Heart remains hardened, it is no other sorrow but this, as it is with Marble-stones, the Marble-stone is hard, but yet in wet weather it will give and be very moist, but still it is as hard as it was, it is a stone still: So it is with many that are troubled for their sins, being only the trouble that comes from the ⟨p. 242⟩Law, they are troubled but yet there remains much hardness in their Heart, much peevishness and frowardness against God and against men. You shall find in many people who have trouble of conscience, yet there is much peevishness and frowardness in them, against God and against man, now when you see this in the Hearts of people manifested in their expressions, ways, and conversations, remember the stones that you see upon pavements in wet weather, they give, and may be water trickles down from them, and yet they remain hard still.

As now it is in many Cases between Men and Men; some men are in such a Capacity, that if they do such a thing, it is accepted, but if another man, that is not in the same Capacity do the same thing, he will not be accepted; so it is here, those men that are in this Capacity in Christ, and have together with the sorrowes for their sins, the sorrows of Christ presented to the Father. Canst thou when thou art sorrowing for thy sins, present the sorrows of Jesus Christ by Faith unto the Father? Then thou art accepted; but know this, that no sorrow for sin is accepted, but such as is joyned with the presentation of the sorrows of Christ unto the Father. Now what an ease is this to the Soul! That now the Heart hath a means to melt it, for the Heart was hardened before, the sorrow for sin is such, that the Heart remains hardned, it is no other sorrow but this, as it is with Marble-stones, the Marble-stone is hard, but yet in wet wether it will give and be very moist, but stil it is as hard as it was, it is a stone stil: So it is with many that are troubled for their sins, being only the trouble that comes from the