444 what thin , e requiredintrue repentance: taryou. In whichwor.' our SaviourChrif plainly (hew. eth, whom hee calleth to the participation of the worke of redemptionwrought byhim, andwhat meafure ofrepen- tance hee requireth ofthem : for the firff word xamume,figni- fieth fuchas labour vntill theybe wearie,and the other word srsqPnóeivar, fignifieth fuch as are heauie laden with a burthen vnfupportable,and therefore being grieuoufiy preffed ther- with, they delire nothing morethen tóbeeeafed of it : for c9PT&-, from which this word is deriued, properly fignifieth the burthen ofa fhippe, and is taken metaphorically for any thing which is very troublefome and grieuous. So that by ioyning thefe two together, our Satiiour euidently declareth whomhee calleth and inuiteth.vnto him : name- ly, thofe ,onely who know, acknowledge, and feele, that their finnes are an intollerable heauieburthen, and being exceedingly vexed with them, moil earneffly delire to bee eafed and releafed of them, and to this purpofc flee vnto Chrifl by a true-and lively faith, findingthemfelues deili- tute ofall meanes whereby theymayotherwlfe be eafedand relieved. §, sea.2. If thenweewould'haue any affurance that weearein the vvbat things number of thofe whom Chriff calleth and inuiteth vnto are required him,weemuff haue firtl:afight andfenfe of ourfinnes, and a in thole vvho true and feeling knowledge of-our miferáble andwretched tadyrepent. aftate,in whichwee are,by reafon of them,and-the punifh- ment due veto them. Secondly,wcemuffbe wearie inbea- ring this heauieburthen, asbeing moil irkfome and grie- uous vnto vs. Thirdly, wee muff haue an earned defre to be eafed and freed from it. Latlly,we muffcomevnto Chrill by a true and liuelyfaith,to the end that he may cafe andre.. leafe vs, t,s(aovviedge Forthe ftrff,we muff tome to the knowledge ofour linness and fìgbt of before we can-truelÿ repent of them: for wecannot forrowe tbeirfannes. for them,vntill we fee them; neither is it fufficient that wee feeand knowc -that weeare grieuous and hainous'finners, vnleífe wee all() feele. the waight of this intolleráble'bur then,preng vs,downe, and vexing, and grieuing vs, euea .to the very.heárr.n for wácked cud prophane men mayfee their
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