...just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness," 1 John i. 9. " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest," Matt xi 28. " Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast ou," John vi. 37. These are good and substantial...

...to seek pardon from him, \vho invites us to turn to him even when we have sinned, saying, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. This word of his I so firmly believe, that, should circumstances require,4 I think I have no need of...

...have it most abundantly.' Thus Christ, that he might exhibit his whole self to us, cries, ' Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.' Gracious God ! what is liberality, what is bounty, if this is not? Evils of every kind, internal and...

...knock and it shall be opened unto you : God will give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him : Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest : I will take away the heart of stone and give you the heart of flesh : I will put my laws in your...

...and you cannot conceive what lovely grace he has got to change the heart. He has said, " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take Try yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto...

...to this rest. It is Jesus—the friend of sinners. How affectionate is his invitation: " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." And yet, it is owing to the absence of true religion, that the varied dispensations of providence become...

...their own gracious Author. He who, at the opening of his ministry on earth, proclaimed, " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest," l had been revealing to his beloved John, by the lips of an angel, the heavy woes which he intended...

...made of the express invitations which Christ himself gave to the burdened sinner, such as, " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest ;" " Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out," &c. ; or the most striking texts from the...

...heaven-constructed sentences which lead the mind from earth to heaven by a single image — " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." He described fully and forcibly the bitter burden of sin, giving due weight to its temptations and...

...invitation is universally given : " Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters." " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." We are exhorted, under a sense of the evils of life, of the bondage of sin, of the fear of death, to...