Chap. 3 .See£.4 Looking u?Jto 1eftU, Booic IV. preaching into mourning and 0gh:ng, Oh that thou h11djf known, even thou, at /et'.ft in this dy day the d·z;1gs belonging tothy pel!ce.--- and then his heart even breaks, and he weeps againe, but now are t hey hidfrsm thine eyes! finners, fuppofe Chrift !hould come and weep over you, as he did over [o·ufttlnn, f~y ing , 0 ye jinful fouls , had but J?U lz.nawn,even rort m this JOllY dtty the fhings belonging to your peace ! and fuppofe that you <hould fee one ceare trickling down aft;> r anorher,.what? Chrifr co weep for you, over you t·. erie-thinks if you had heartsof ftone, it fbould melt your hearts ; furdy it is no light m.mer that makes Chrift weep; children weep often, but wifemen feldome, yet here the wifeft of men w~eps for - them chat would not weep for chemfelves; oh [erufalem, Jeru{a!em. ----- ------~---- SECT. 4· Of Chrifts eajie yoak!, and light burthen. 437 3. FOr the eaftnelfe of Chrifts yoake, and the lightne.!fe of Chri fts burt hen, Chrift delivers it in thc:fe words, takf 1\1. my yoak} upon you and learn of me,-for myyoak! is eajie,. and my at. 11 ' 1 9, 3.o· burt hen u light. See the aCl:ings of Chrift this yearc in reference t o our .fouls health. 1 . He commiffionates his Apo!Hes to call fi nners in. 2, He ftands ready to receive them if they will but come in. 3. He f-.veet ens the way ofChrifrianity to them wherr they are come in. Many feares and jealoufies are in the heart·; ofmen, of .che ddiculty, au!lcrity . and fever ity ofChrift s inft itut ions ; and therefore to remove that objection , he tells them plainly, there is no fuch thing , but ra ther deane contrary , for my yo::kf u cfljie, and rny btmhen ti light. M]Jcake ( i.) my comma;:;dments, fo the Apoftle {ohn gives t.he interpr~tHIOn, hi! c mman?i:mnt s are not grievot?J. My yoa'ke 1 John f. 3· u c-1(ie i (i) my commandments are without any inronvenie11ce· the croub;-! of a yoake is not the weight, but the uneafiodfe of it , and Chr.fl fpea.ks fut:~bly, my }J-'-kt is eafie, tmtl my bNrthen (i) my infhtutions; the word primar ily figniti~s the fraigbc or Kk k 3 balaft. I <
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