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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.
Thirdly, Going to heaven therefore will be no trivial business, salvation is not got by a dream, they that would then have that kingdom must now strive lawfully to enter: for many I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Thirdly, Going to heaven therefore will be no trivial businesse, salvation is not got by a dream, they that would then have that kingdom must now strive lawfully to enter: for many I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
I shall speak chiefly, and yet but briefly to the first of these Observations, to wit,
That when men have put in all the claim they can to the kingdom of heaven, but few will have it for their inheritance: The Observation standeth of two parts.
First, that the time is coming when every man will put in whatever claim ⟨p. 83⟩they can to the kingdom of Heaven.