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

I read of some men, whose excellency in religion mounts up to the heavens, and their head reaches unto the clouds, who yet shall perish for ever ⟨p. 124⟩like their own dung, and he, that in this world hath seen them, shall say, at the Judgment, where are they? Job. 20. 5. 6. 7. There will many an one that were gallant professors in this world, be wanting among the saved in the day of Christs coming: yea many whose damnation was never dreamt of: which of the twelve ever thought that Judas would have proved a devil? nay, when Christ suggested that one among them were naught, they each were more afraid of themselves then of him: Matt. 26. 21. 22. 2•. who questioned the salvation of the foolish virgins, the wise ones did not, they gave them the privilege of communion with themselves: Matt. 25. The discerning of the heart; and the infallible proof of the truth of saving-grace, is reserved to the Judgment of Jesus Christ at his coming; the Church and best of saints, sometimes hit, and sometimes miss in their judgments about this matter; and the cause of our missing in our judgment, ⟨p. 125⟩is; 1. partly because we cannot infallibly, at all times, distinguish grace that saveth, from that which doth but appear to do so. 2. partly also because some men have the art to give right names to wrong things. 3. and partly because we being commanded to receive him that is weak, are afraid to exclude the least Christian, by a hid means▪ hypocrites creep into the Churches, but what saith the Scripture? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins: And again, all the Churches shall know that I am he that searches the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you, according to your works: Jer. 11. 20. chap. 17. 10. Revel. 2. 23. To this searcher of hearts, is the time of infallible discerning reserved, and then you shall see how far grace that is not saving, hath gone; and also how few will be saved indeed. The Lord awaken poor sinners by my little book.