Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Fourthly, Christ is our sanctification, and he only, because it is by him that the spiritual curse that is upon every mans heart naturally is taken away, it is Christ only that doth deliver the soul from the spiritual curse that is upon every mans heart naturally. You know this is the condition of man by nature, he is under the curse of the Law. Cursed is the man that abideth not in all things that is written in the Law to do it. But now, we apprehend ordinarily this curse to be, either in outward misery or else in hell fire cursed eternally, but we are to know, that one branch of this curse is that that is upon the souls of men here, There is a spiritual curse that is upon the souls of men by the fall of Adam, and that is, God giving them up unto themselves, unto the lusts of their own heart, unto their own counsel and ways. Now I confess, as it is in the curse of outward afflictions in this world, it is in some degree upon some, and in a further degree upon others, but all are under it naturally, so this spiritual death is executed in some degrees upon some, and in more degrees, upon others, but every soul is in some measure, in some degree or other given up to the lust of its own heart, there is a final degree of giving the soul up to the lusts of its own heart sometime, but there is in every one a measure a degree of this, and the reason of the prevailing of the corruption of mens hearts may appear in some measure by this. It is strange to see, that notwithstanding all the convictions of conscience, & telling men of the dangerousness of their ways, that it will never be peace in the end, that they will rue it at the last, and their consciences give ⟨p. 308⟩them many a secret nip, yet they go on still, notwithstanding the terror in the Law many times, nay, notwithstanding the hand of God hath bin strong upon them, and they have cried out against their sins, and promised against them, and notwithstanding that they find that their sins do destroy the very health of their bodies, waste their Estates, take away their good names, and thereby loose all their friends, yet they are not able to overcome it, As the Scripture speaks of some that have eyes full of adultery, they cannot cease to sin.

Fourthly, Christ is our sanctification, and he only, because it is by him that the spiritual curse that is upon every mans heart naturally is taken away, it is Christ only that doth deliver the soul from the spiritual curse that is upon every mans heart naturally. You know this is the condition of man by nature, he is under the curse of the Law. Cursed is the man that abideth not in al things that is written in the Law to do it. But now, we apprehend ordinarily this curse to be, either in outward misery or else in hel fire cursed eternally, but we are to know, that one branch of this curse is that that is upon the souls of men here, There is a spiritual curse that is upon the souls of men by the fal of Adam, and that is, God giving them up unto themselves, unto the lusts of their own heart, unto their own counsel and wayes. Now I confess, as it is in the curse of outward afflictions in this world, it is in some degree upon some, and in a further degree upon others, but al are under it naturally, so this spiritual death is executed in some degrees upon some, and in more degrees, upon others, but every soule is in some measure, in some degree or other given up to the lust of its owne heart, there is a final degree of giving the soul up to the lusts of its own heart somtime, but there is in every one a measure a degree of this, and the reason of the prevailing of the corruption of mens hearts may appear in some measure by this. It is strange to see, that notwithstanding al the convictions of conscience, & telling men of the dangerousness of their wayes, that it wil never be peace in the end, that they wil rue it at the last, and their consciences give