An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…

First, A Believer shall receive strength to do, or an acting power from Christ; Though Christ hath done all for us, yet we have much to do for Christ, and (such is the mystery of Godliness) that the same Christ who hath done all for us, will also do all in us. Christ layeth a yoke upon the necks of his people, and a burden upon their shoulders, but he puts power and strength into their shoulders to carry his yoke and bear his burden; and that's the reason why he calls his yoke easy, and his burden light, it is not so considered in it self, as if we could make light work of the work of Christ; but his burden is light, because he hath promised to give his at least a sufficient strength to bear it. A heavy burden is not grievous to equal strength, & it is light to a superior ⟨p. 347⟩or greater strength. As all our sins (the least whereof is a burden too heavy for us to bear) are light to us through the righteousness of Christ, so all the commandments of God (the least of which is too hard for us alone) are light to us through the strength of Christ. This was the Apostle Pauls profession, I can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth me, (Phil. 4.13.) A little is too much for us, all is but little for Christ; as we have the anointing of the Spirit, whereby we know all things, (1 Joh. 2.20.) so we have the strengthening of the Spirit, whereby we do all things It is a high privilege, that Saints who receive their work from heaven, receive their strength from heaven too. And that as God puts his commands upon them, so he puts this power into them. The Lord is so far from requiring work of us, without giving us wages for what we have done, that he doth not require work of us without giving us strength to do it. When we look upon our reward it might seem that we have done all our selves, but when we look upon his assistance, it is as evident that we have done nothing of our selves. The Lord is not like those Egyptian task-masters who called for brick, but would not give straw; no, the Lord who calls for brick, doth not only give us straw, but strength, even hands, and hearts to do our work. Gospel-grace or new-Covenant-grace promiseth us strength to do what we are commanded to do.

First, A Believer shall receive strength to doe, or an acting power from Christ; Though Christ hath done all for us, yet we have much to doe for Christ, and (such is the mystery of Godlinesse) that the same Christ who hath done all for us, will also doe all in us. Christ layeth a yoak upon the necks of his people, and a burden upon their shoulders, but he puts power and strength into their shoulders to carry his yoak and beare his burden; and that's the reason why he calls his yoake easie, and his burthen light, it is not so considered in it selfe, as if we could make light worke of the worke of Christ; but his burden is light, because he hath promised to give his at least a sufficient strength to bear it. A heavy burthen is not grievous to equal strength, & it is light to a superior