The strait gate, or, Great difficulty of going to Heaven plainly proving

We are now come to the motive which our Lord urges to enforce his exhortation: he told us before, that the gate was strait, he also exhorted us to strive to enter in thereat, or to get those things now that will further our entrance then, and to set our selves against those things that will hinder our entering in.

We are now come to the motive which our Lord urges to inforce his exhortation: he told us before, that the gate was strait, he also exhorted us to strive to enter in thereat, or to get those things now that will further our entrance then, and to set our selves against those things that will hinder our entring in.

In this motive there are five things to be minded.

1. That there will be a disappointment to some at the day of judgment, they will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ⟨p. 46⟩2. That not a few, but many, will meet with this disappointment, for [many] will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 3. This doctrine of the miscarriage of many, then, it standeth upon the validity of the word of Christ; for many [I say] will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 4. Professors shall make a great heap, among the many that shall fall short of heaven, for many I say [unto you] will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 5. Where grace and striving are wanting now, seeking, and contending to enter in, will be unprofitable then, for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

1. That there will be a disappointment to some at the day of judgment, they will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ⟨p. 46⟩