Ha.4o. 4· lfl.35· 8, ' l}ohn), 3• Rom.8. ~. Rom.7.6, --------~~ Book IV. Looking u!Jto :feftu. balafr of a fhip, \vhich cuts through the wav~s, as if it had no bur then ; and without which burchen there were no fafety in the fhip. tl>o~Tiov7l'a~<~-' To~~gs~a.,, a ferendo, a burthen which either is laid upon the .fhoulder,. or rather which is put into a fhip, that it may go fieacltly and fately. My burthen i,· light, the yoake of the law was hard, and the burden ofthe Phari!ee~ was heavy, hut Chrifls yo.zk§ u eajie and h1sburthen is lig;ht, every way fweet, and pleafanr. Chrijl ian Relijir-n, and the pratlife of it, are full of fweet· mf]'e, eajinejje, and pleafamneffe; my yoak§ u eafie, 11nd my burthen u light. The Prophets prophefying of tbis, fay thus, C".Jery valle; foal! be exalted, 11nd every mountaine and hill foal! be !aid !ow; the crookgd fo;t/l be made flraight, an~ t?e r.ough places plaine; the meaning is that the wayes of Chrdhamty fhould be levelled and made c;en . and that all lets and impediments fhould be removed out of the'way; tba't fo we might have a more eafie and convenier.t paffage unto heaven; to the fame purpofe is that other prophelie, 11nd an high 1vay (or caufivay) foal! be there; and away, a cimfway, & a way; (that ts,a way caft up)I[a.62.1 o.and it foal! be called the way of ho!ineffe (or a way for the Saints ofGod, and not for the wicked, Matth. 7· 14.) the unclean foal! not paf[e over it, but it jbr.~ll be for thofe : (or he ihall be with them, or be a guide unto them by his Word and Spirit, Ifa. 30. 21.) the wayfairing men thougk foolesfoall not erre th:rein; Chrifrs way is fo cafie th~t the fimplefr fo conducted, by hts Word and Spmc !hall not mtffe of it, the meek_will he guide in judgement, and the meek_will he teach hu way. The Apofrles are yet more clear; fN· thu u the love of God thM we k._eep his commandments, and hu commandments are not gr:ievms. And the l,n•; of the Spirit oflife in (hrifl 'h(m hath made me free from ihe law of(in and death. eAml now arc we delivered from the l'aw, that bting dead wherein we were held, that we foould ferve in newnef]"e ofSpirit, and not in the oldneffe ofthe letter. Chrift Jefus came to break off from our necks thofe two great yoakes, the one of!in; by which we were kept in fetters and prifons, the other of Mofeslaw, bywhichwewere keptin pupillage and minority; and now Chrifr having taken offthcfe two,he hath put on a third; he quits us ofour burthen, but not ofour duty; he hath changed · , , the
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