Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Eighthly, When thou art come to Christ, thy soul may have rest in him, for in Christ there is an undertaking by a surety through the grace of the gospel in him, thou hast revealed to thee, that there is an undertaking by surety, this is a deliverance from the Law, whereas the Law requires perfect obedience at our hands in our own persons, their Law requires of the soul that it shall pay the debt in its own person, the ⟨p. 246⟩soul that sins shall die, Now the grace of the Gospel comes and tells thee of a surety, and such a surety as God himself professes he is well pleased to accept of, and is as contented with him, as he is to have the debt paid by the creature, by the debtor himself, and this is a great ease; Would it not be a great ease to any of you, that when a creditor shall come upon you for a debt, lay hold upon you, or put you in prison, and afterwards the debt should be paid by another and laid upon him, and the creditor shall accept of him, and the creditor shall say well, will this man be your surety and pay the debt, if so, then saith the creditor I am satisfied, I am contented, what ease is this unto the debtor. Thus it is with the soul that comes to Christ, when he hath been laden under the Law, and the Law comes to the soul for the payment of the debt, now coming to Christ immediately, Christ is entertained as the surety by God the father, and so there is the transaction of the debt upon him, th• ease from the Law in this relation.

Eighthly, When thou art come to Christ, thy soul may have rest in him, for in Christ there is an undertaking by a surety through the grace of the gospel in him, thou hast revealed to thee, that there is an undertaking by surety, this is a deliverance from the Law, whereas the Law requires perfect obedience at our hands in our owne persons, their Law requires of the soul that it shal pay the debt in its own person, the ⟨p. 246⟩soul that sins shal die, Now the grace of the Gospel comes and tels thee of a surety, and such a surety as God himself professes he is wel pleased to accept of, and is as contented with him, as he is to have the debt paid by the creature, by the debtor himself, and this is a great ease; Would it not be a great ease to any of you, that when a creditor shal come upon you for a debt, layhold upon you, or put you in prison, and afterwards the debt should be paid by another and layd upon him, and the creditor shal accept of him, and the creditor shal say wel, wil this man be your surety and pay the debt, if so, then saith the creditor I am satisfied, I am contented, what ease is this unto the debtor. Thus it is with the soul that comes to Christ, when he hath been laden under the Law, and the Law comes to the soul for the payment of the debt, now coming to Christ imediately, Christ is entertained as the surety by God the father, and so there is the transaction of the debt upon him, th ease from the Law in this relation.