Fourthly, the yoke of Christ may seem to be hard but it is because of the disordered carriage of thy spirit when thou art under it, not only from a distempered heart, that thy heart hath distempers, and habitual corruptions, but now when thou art doing a duty thou dost behave thy self in a disorderly way in the performance of the duty, the disorderly behaviour of thy heart in the performance of duty. As now we know it is with some Bullock, some creatures that are unruly, when they are in the yoke they keep such a stir, and riggle this way and that way, and they are so unquiet when they are under the yoke, that they toil and trouble themselves abundantly more then another that can carry the yoke quietly▪ that goes on quietly with his yoke so it is with many Christians when they are in the performance of duty, if they cannot do it as they would, they do so vex▪ and fret, and are so disquieted in their spirits, and so tumultuous in their spirits ⟨p. 679⟩and are ready to cast it off, Conscience will keep it on, and they are ready to cast it off there is such a disorderliness of spirit, and such tumultuousness of spirit, this makes duties difficult, whereas now, when thou art in performance of duties if thou couldest be under the yoke of Christ with a calm, quiet Spirit, and carry it in a meek way, Oh! the sweetness that thou wouldest find there, how many times shall you have many people, that when they go to prayer, if they cannot pray as they would do, then they vex and fret and are ready to think to pray no more, and why should they pray any more? they are so disturbed in the duty, they think it is better to cast it off, and they begin to have hard thoughts of the duty, and so their spirits are all in a distemper and disorderly working presently, and there is the difficulty. Whereas another, though he cannot do what he would, yet he hath an humble dispose to God, and thinks I will try another time, may be God may come in another time, still I love the duty, the law is good, the duty is just and good, and though through the untowardness, of my spirit I cannot do it now, yet I hope God will come at another time, I will do my duty, and leave it to God to come in when he pleaseth;
Fourthly, the yoke of Christ may seem to be hard but it is because of the disordered carriage of thy spirit when thou art under it, not only from a distempered heart, that thy heart hath distempers, and habitual corruptions, but now when thou art doing a duty thou dost behave thy self in a disorderly way in the performance of the duty, the disorderly behavior of thy heart in the performance of duty. As now we know it is with some Bullocke, some creatures that are unruly, when they are in the yoke they keep such a stir, and riggle this way and that way, and they are so unquiet when they are under the yoke, that they toil and trouble themselves abundantly more then another that can carry the yoke quietly▪ that goes on quietly with his yoke so it is with many Christians when they are in the performance of duty, if they cannot do it as they would, they do so vex▪ and frett, and are so disquieted in their spirits, and so tumultuous in their spirits ⟨p. 679⟩and are ready to cast it off, Conscience will keep it on, and they are ready to cast it off there is such a disorderliness of spirit, and such tumultuousness of spirit, this makes duties difficult, whereas now, when thou art in performance of duties if thou couldest be under the yoke of Christ with a calme, quiet Spirit, and carry it in a meek way, Oh! the sweetness that thou wouldest find there, how many times shall you have many people, that when they go to prayer, if they cannot pray as they would do, then they vex and fret and are ready to think to pray no more, and why should they pray any more? they are so disturbed in the duty, they think it is better to cast it off, and they begin to have hard thoughts of the duty, and so their spirits are all in a d•stemper and disorderly working presently, and there is the difficulty. Whereas another, though he cannot do what he would, yet he hath an humble dispose to God, and thinkes I will try another time, may be God may come in another time, still I love the duty, the law is good, the duty is just and good, and though through the untowardness, of my spirit I cannot do it now, yet I hope God will come at another time, I will do my duty, and leave it to God to come in when he pleaseth;
