Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

1. We are to know, That a special end why Jesus Christ came into the World, it was to dissolve the works of the Devil, that was a special End of Christs coming into the World. In 1 John 3.8. He that committeth sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sinneth from the beginning, for this purpose the son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil whosoever is borne of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, &c. It is a strange scripture whosoever committeth sin is of the devil; you say you defy the Devil, but the holy Ghost saith, if you commit sin that is walk in any way of sin. For you will say, who is there that commits not sin? Well, but the words are thus: He that committeth sin is of the Devil. Therefore it is apparent, there is a kind of commission of sin, that is an argument they are of the Devil, for they are the words of the Holy Ghost? And for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil. It was the end why he came into the World, yea, it is a special thing that Christ is anointed to by God the Father, to deliver Souls from the bondage of their corruption, and to work Holiness in them: That you have in Isa. 61. and the beginning, that notable prophecy concerning Christ, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, (that is upon Christ, for it is a prophecy of him) because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, to Spiritual Captives that are under Spiritual bondage. And then in verse 3. That they might be called Trees of Righteousness, the planting of the Lord: So that that is the first consideration of Christs giving the rest of sanctification, that it is the end for which Christ was born, and it is the end for which he was anointed by God the Father, to Sanctify the hearts of those that he shall redeem. So that Christ is our Sanctification, by attaining the end of his own coming into the World, by fulfilling of that ⟨p. 302⟩that God the Father hath anointed him for.

1. We are to know, That a special end why Jesus Christ came into the World, it was to dissolve the works of the Devil, that was a special End of Christs coming into the World. In