Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Christ turns to the wretched and afflicted, those overwhelmed by their sins, filled with alarm at God's wrath, ready to sink under so weighty a burden. Hypocrites and the worldly give themselves no concern about Him, intoxicated with their own righteousness or entangled in earthly things; but for the conscience-distressed, whose miseries press them to fainting, this invitation opens the way to His grace.
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When all around is discouraging, cities in ruin, most men careless of their own happiness, Christ looks upward and gives thanks: though Israel be not gathered, yet shall He be glorious. His thanksgiving for the remnant of babes who receive the gospel is the sovereign cordial that silences drooping souls and defeats the melancholy of grief and fear.
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Commenting on Matthew 11:25-30
Christ calls those who come to Him to take His yoke, to profess faith in Him, embrace the Gospel's doctrines, submit to His ordinances, and walk by His laws. This is no idle faith: those who come to Him for salvation, though they trust no works, are always to be doing the will and work of their Lord, not sitting still in a licentious course.
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