51S, Chap.& 4Come'marls andmay well nand together: for Legaily,eueryman is tobeard his own burden , the Law requiring perfonall obedience , or fatisfaetion , or both. Exansetrcally , Chrift our filmic de'th beard the burden of them, and fatisfie the infiiceof Godfor them. 1. Pet.2.23. i Vie. Hencewe learne,firff,that no man canpaya name forhisbrother, or melee= his (wale horndeath, or fatisfic the itifliceof God for his finne teeing that entry manby the te- nour ofthe Law, is to bearehis owne burden: and by theGo- fpel, none canbeour furctie but Chriff. ISecondly , litre we fee the nature offinne.that it isa busden to the foule : for it is heanier then the grauell of the earth, and the fandofthe ka, lt is burdea to the wicked Angels ,fer it waighed them fib' thehigheit heauen , and made them falllike thunderbolts into the lowefl hell. Toman : for as Dauid faith, it ts Ofagrieueur rder', , too kearnefor him, roknere. Pfal. 38. 4. ToGod : for the hypocritical' and ceremonial! feruiceof the leaves was fuch a Irden vrnobrm: , that bewar rearic to hare ir.lfa. 1.14.73ehold,hempregidwideryom , adacart ispref- fed that id fullofIheaster. Amos2. r 3. To the creatures , who groane vnder this burdernbeeing bymans finne "tibialto va- nitte, and corruption.Rom.8.2o,a i. Hence it followeth then, that thofe which feelc not the waight & burdenof their finnes, arc deadbeing allue,as Paul fpeaks inanother caftt.Tim.5 .6. Thirdly, we are not to wonder, that finnebeeingfo beanie aburden,fhould bemade fo light amatter,by carnali men : for it is a fpintraall burden, and therefore no marueil, though it be not felt ofthem that arc all flea-nandno fpii in Fourthly , this flames that the more aman doth feele the burdenofhis finnenthegreater meakireofgrace,and fpirituall life he bath: and the heile he feeleth it, the more he is to fidpeil hirnfelfe, that the graces of God doe i.vantand decay in him. For corruption is not felt by corruption,but by grace: & ther- fore the more a man doth feele theburdenof hisowne cor- ruptions, the moregrace he bath. Fifily,by this wefee , that thegreateff part oftheworld are dead in their finnes , in that they haue no fenfenor feebrig of this beanie burden. There is indeede great crying moot the &me in the reynes,becaufe it is felt tobe a great torment-tothe bochetbut there is link or no complaining, ofthe flone in th: rh, 20 25 30 35
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