A30209:156
The strait gate, or, Great difficulty of going to Heaven plainly proving
The strait gate, or, Great difficulty of going to Heaven plainly proving by the Scriptures that not only the rude and profane, but many great professors will come short of that Kingdom / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I say unto you.
There are two things upon which this assertion may be grounded.
1. There is in the world a thing like grace that is not.
2. There is a sin called, the sin against the holy Ghost, from which there is no redemption, and both these things befall professors.
First, There is in the world a thing like grace that is not.
1. This is evident, because we read that there are some that not only make a fair show in the flesh, that glory in […], that appear beautiful on ward, […] Gods people, but have not the grace […] Gods people,