(Ibid. 19:5) "And now, if you hearken to My voice": Take it upon yourselves now, all beginnings being difficult. "If hearken you shall hearken": From here it was derived: If a man hearkened to one mitzvah, he is caused to hearken to many mitzvoth. If he forgot one mitzvah, he is caused to forget many mitzvoth, viz.
God Acknowledged That What He Was Asking Would Not Be Easy
Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 2:9