Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Now a believer performs obedience, but it is upon other terms, Christ comes and lays down a price, and discharges him of all former arrearages, and puts a stock of grace into the heart, and says unto him, now live, and employ this your stock in the service of God, and trade with it, get more comfort, and more grace with it, and you shall have the benefit and the good of every holy duty that you perform, the good and benefit shall come to your souls. Now such a soul goes unto duties in a cheerful way, and they are no burdens at all to it, because he performs them not for satisfaction of any arrearages behind, but now he trades for himself, and every day he gets, and gets, and gets for himself, that is another way how Christ gives rest unto the soul in regard of performance of duties, that they are not burdensome unto the soul as heretofore they have been.

Now a beleever performes obedience, but it is upon other termes, Christ comes and layes down a price, and discharges him of al former arrerages, and puts a stock of grace into the heart, and says unto him, now live, and imploy this your stock in the service of God, and trade with it, get more comfort, and more grace with it, and you shal have the benefit and the good of every holy duty that you performe, the good and benefit shal come to your souls. Now such a soul goes unto duties in a cheerful way, and they are no burdens at al to it, because he performes them not for satisfaction of any arrerages behind, but now he trades for himself, and every day he gets, and gets, and gets for himself, that is another way how Christ gives rest unto the soul in regard of performance of duties, that they are not burdensom unto the soul as heretofore they have been.

Thirdly, another way of delivering believers in the performance of duties as a burden is this. When in the duty that such a one performs Christ goes along with them unto the father, and he himself tenders them up unto God the father, and thus they come to be easy unto the hearts of believers; whereas those that perform duties in a legal way, they go alone unto Gods presence, without any to go with them. And again when they are there, they must tender up all they do themselves to God, and the truth is, they can have little heart to this, knowing, what God is and how they have offended God and provoked him. As thus, suppose a malefactor, that hath wronged the king, he must go into his presence and petition, but he hath no body to go with him, and no