Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Indeed when Christ came to perform duties, the life of all the world, lay upon that, that if Christ had failed in one thing, the life of all the world lay upon it, yet so they lay upon him, that they were not grievous to him, because he was most able to perform it: But thou must make use of Christs performances in way of obedience so as to give thee rest & ease in performance of thy duties, think thus, I come now to perform duties, and thanks be to God, my life, my eternal estate, lies not upon it, but Christ what he performed my soul, and all the world lay upon what he did, and the weight that Christ was willing to take upon him in his obedience, is that which makes any obedience so easy and comfortable to me. I remember we read in the Law, that in peace offerings, a female was accepted: in other cases ordinarily God required the male, but in peace offerings, the female; now peace offerings was for thanksgiving, and indeed the whole life of a Christian is nothing else but a peace-offering, his whole conversation, all the duties that God requires of any christian it is nothing else but a peace offering, to offer an offering of thanks-giving for the mercy he hath received from Christ, in this peace offering the ⟨p. 276⟩Lord accepts of a female, though it be but weak, And this is the sixth thing wherein the rest of the soul in the performance of holy duties, when it is once come to Christ doth consist.

Indeed when Christ came to performe duties, the life of al the world, lay upon that, that if Christ had failed in one thing, the life of al the world lay upon it, yet so they lay upon him, that they were not grievous to him, because he was most able to perform it: But thou must make use of Christs performances in way of obedience so as to give thee rest & ease in performance of thy duties, think thus, I come now to performe duties, and thankes be to God, my life, my eternal estate, lyes not upon it, but Christ what he performed my soul, and al the world lay uyon what he did, and the weight that Christ was willing to take upon him in his obedience, is that which makes any obedience so easie and comfortable to me. I remember we read in the Law, that in peace offerings, a female was accepted: in other cases ordinarily God required the male, but in peace offerings, the female; now peace offerings was for thanksgiving, and indeed the whole life of a Christian is nothing else but a peace-offering, his whol conversation, al the duties that God requires of any christian it is nothing else but a peace offering, to offer an offering of thanks-giving for the mercy he hath received from Christ, in this peace offering the