Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

I appeal to many of you that have performed duties, you have gone to do a duty, and you have been dull, and unfit for it, and you have been ready to let it alone thereupon, well but conscience puts you upon it, and you must do it, now when you were in the duty, hath not Christ come in and hath not the strength of Christ come in to enable you to do the duty that you never could imagine it, which for ever might be an encouragement to you to go on in the duty, and to avoid that temptation, never to neglect the duty from any unfitness to the duty, for when you are at the duty, then comes in strength from Christ to perform the duty, for you cannot expect strength to come in before you come to the duty, but up and be doing, and then strength will come in. Yea, and the more duty you do, the more strength will come in; and hence it is, that a Godly man, though he may be weary in duty, yet he can never be weary in doing of duty, he may see a difference between himself and carnal men. Take a Godly man, though he may be weary in duty, yet he can never be weary of duty, whereas it is otherwise with those that ⟨p. 287⟩perform duties in the strength of a natural conscience, those that perform duties in the strength of a natural conscience, are weary in working, As some tools you know will wear in the using, but others the more you use them the more brighter and better they will grow: So it is with those that perform duties in the strength of a natural conscience, they will wear away, and that is the reason that they leave them off, but one that performs duties in an Evangelical way, the more he doth the more he shall be able to do, and therefore Christians, let that be an encouragement to you, the more you do, the more you shall be enabled to do, he that had five talents and used those five talents he had more talents given him, and he that had but one, and sate down sullen and used it not, it was taken from him; and as strength comes in so thou shalt suck in a great deal of sweetness into thy heart. In the keeping of thy commandments (saith David) there is great reward not only for the keeping of them, but in the keeping of thy commandments.

I appeale to many of you that have performed duties, you have gone to do a duty, and you have been dul, and unfit for it, and you have been ready to let it alone thereupon, wel but conscience puts you upon it, and you must do it, now when you were in the duty, hath not Christ come in and hath not the strength of Christ come in to inable you to do the duty that you never could imagine it, which for ever might be an incouragement to you to go on in the duty, and to avoid that temptation, never to neglect the duty from any unfitness to the duty, for when you are at the duty, then comes in strength from Christ to performe the duty, for you cannot expect strength to come in before you come to the duty, but up and be doing, and then strength wil come in. Yea, and the more duty you do, the more strength wil come in; and hence it is, that a Godly man, though he may be weary in duty, yet he can never be weary in doing of duty, he may see a difference between himself and carnal men. Take a Godly man, though he may be weary in duty, yet he can never be weary of duty, whereas it is otherwise with those that