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what
thin
,
e
required
in
true
repentance:
tar
you.
In
which
wor.'
our
Saviour
Chrif
plainly
(hew.
eth,
whom
hee
calleth
to
the participation
of
the worke
of
redemption
wrought
by
him,
and
what
meafure
of
repen-
tance
hee
requireth
of
them
:
for the
firff
word
xamume,figni-
fieth
fuch
as
labour vntill they
be 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
tó
bee
eafed
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 whom
hee calleth and
inuiteth
.vnto
him
:
name-
ly, thofe
,onely
who
know, acknowledge,
and feele,
that
their
finnes are an
intollerable heauie
burthen,
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, finding
themfelues
deili-
tute ofall
meanes whereby
they
may
otherwlfe be
eafed
and
relieved.
§,
sea.2.
If
then
wee
would'haue
any
affurance
that
wee
are
in
the
vvbat
things
number
of
thofe whom Chriff calleth and
inuiteth
vnto
are required
him,wee
muff haue
firtl:a
fight and
fenfe
of
our
finnes,
and a
in
thole
vvho
true and feeling
knowledge
of-our
miferáble
and
wretched
tady
repent.
a
ftate,in which
wee
are,by
reafon
of
them,and
-the
punifh-
ment
due
veto
them.
Secondly,wce
muff
be
wearie
in
bea-
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
muff
come
vnto
Chrill
by
a
true and
liuelyfaith,to
the end
that
he may
cafe
and
re..
leafe
vs,
t,s(aovviedge
Forthe
ftrff,we
muff
tome
to the knowledge
of
our
linness
and
fìgbt
of
before
we can-
truelÿ
repent
of
them: for we
cannot forrowe
tbeirfannes.
for them,vntill
we
fee
them;
neither
is
it
fufficient
that
wee
fee
and knowc
-that
wee
are
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
may
fee
their