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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.
Secondly, my second word is to them that are upon the potters wheel, concerning whom, we know not, as yet, whether their convictions, and awakenings will end in conversion or no; several things I should say to you, both to further your convictions, and to caution you from staying any where below, or short of saving grace.
Secondly, my second word is to them that are upon the potters wheel, concerning whom, we know not, as yet, whether their convictions, and awaknings will end in conversion or no; several things I should say to you, both to further your convictions, and to caution you from staying any where below, or short of saving grace.
1. Remember that but few shall be saved, and if God should count thee worthy to be one of that few, what a mercy would that be. Ephes. 2. 45.
2. Be thankful therefore for convictions, conversion begins at conviction, though all conviction doth not end in conversion. It is a great mercy to be convinced that we are sinners, and that we need a Saviour, count it therefore a mercy, and that thy convictions ⟨p. 132⟩may end in conversion; do thou