[2.] They hearken to the voice of Christ calling them to
him with their burden, “Come unto me, all ye that are weary and
heavy laden;” — “Come with your burdens; come, thou poor soul, with thy
guilt of sin.” Why? what to do? “Why, this is mine,” saith Christ; “this
agreement I made with my Father, that I should come, and take thy sins, and
bear them away: they were my lot. Give me thy burden, give me all
thy sins. Thou knowest not what to do with them; I know how to
dispose of them well enough, so that God shall be glorified, and thy soul
delivered.” Hereupon, —