+II. Look at some of the forms of this burden.+--1. _There is the burden of being itself._ 2. _The burden of duty._ 3. _The burden of imperfection and sin._ 4. _The burden of sorrow._ 5. _The burden of dying alone._ 6. _If a man is lost, he is lost alone; if saved, he is saved alone.--The Lay Preacher._ _Every Man has his Own Burden._ I. No man can pay a ransom for his brother, or redeem his soul from death, or satisfy the justice of God for his sin, seeing that every +man by the tenor of the law is to bear his own burden,+ and by the Gospel none can be our surety but Christ. II. +We see the nature of sin that is a burden to the soul.+--It is heavier than the gravel of the earth and the sand of the sea. III. We are not to wonder that +sin being so heavy a burden+ should be made so light a matter by carnal men, for it is a spiritual burden. IV. +The more a man fears the burden of his sins+ the greater measure of grace and spiritual life he has, and the less he feels it the more he is to suspect himself. V. The greatest part of the world are dead in their sins in that +they have no sense of feeling of this heavy burden.+ VI. We are to take heed of every sin, for +there is no sin so small but hath its weight.+--Many small sins will as easily condemn as a few great. Like as sands, though small in quantity, yet being many in number, will as soon sink the ship as if it were laden with the greatest burden. VII. Feeling the weight and burden of our sins, +we are to labour to be disburdened;+ and this is done by repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.--_Perkins._ _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses_ 6-10. _Moral Sowing and Reaping._ +I. Beneficence by the taught towards the teacher is sowing good seed.+--"Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things" (ver. 6). The good things referred to, though not confined to temporal good, do certainly mean that. While every man must bear his own burden, he must also help to bear the burden of his brother. Especially must the taught go shares with his spiritual teacher in all things necessary. But beneficence shown towards the minister in temporalities is the least, and with many the easiest, part of the duty. Teacher and taught should mutually co-operate with each other in Christian work, and share with each other in spiritual blessings. The true minister of the Gospel is more concerned in eliciting the co-operation and sympathy of the members of his Church than in securing their temporal support. If he faithfully ministers to them in spiritual things, they should be eager to minister unto him of their worldly substance, and to aid him in promoting the work of God. Every good deed, done in the spirit of love and self-sacrifice, is sowing good seed.