Answ. That few will be saved must needs be a truth, for Christ hath said it; that many go far, and come short of heaven, is as true, being testified by the same hand: but what then? why then I had as good never seek: who told thee so? must no body seek, because few are saved, this is ⟨p. 137⟩just contrary to the text, that bids us, th[…] strive: strive to enter in, because […] gate is strait, and because many will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. •u• why go back again, seeing that is the next way to hell, never go over hedge and ditch to hell, if I must needs go thither, I will go the sa•dest way about; but who can tell though there should not be saved so m••y as there shall, but thou mayst be •ne of that few. They that miss of l••e perish because they will not let go their sins, or because they take up in profession short of the saving saith of the Gospel: They perish I say, because they are content with such things as will not prove graces of a saving nature, then they come to be tried in the sire, otherwise the promise is free and full, and everlasting. Him that cometh to me, says Christ, I will in no wise c•st out for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him might not perish but have everlasting life. Joh. ⟨p. 138⟩6. 37. wherefore let not this thought, few shall be saved, weaken thy heart, but let it cause thee to mend thy pace, to mend thy cries, to look well to thy grounds for heaven; let it make thee fly faster from sin, to Christ, let it keep thee awake and out of carnal security, and thou mayest be saved.
Answ. That few will be saved must needs be a truth, for Christ hath said it; that many go far, and come short of heaven, is as true, being testified by the same hand: but what then? why then I had as good never seek: who told thee so? must no body seek, because few are saved, this is ⟨p. 137⟩just contrary to the text, that bids us, th〈…〉 strive: strive to enter in, because 〈…〉 gate is strait, and because many will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. •u• why go back again, seeing that is the next way to hell, never go over hedge and ditch to hell, if I must needs go thither, I will go the sa•dest way about; but who can tell though there should not be saved so m••y as there shall, but thou mayst be •ne of that few. They that miss of l••e perish because they will not let go their sins, or because they take up in profession short of the saving saith of the Gospel: They perish I say, because they are content with such things as will not prove graces of a saving nature, then they come to be tryed in the sire, otherwise the promise is free and full, and everlasting. Him that cometh to me, says Christ, I will in no wise c•st out for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him might not perish but have everlasting life. Ioh. ⟨p. 138⟩6. 37. wherefore let not this thought, few shall be saved, weaken thy heart, but let it cause thee to mend thy pace, to mend thy crys, to look well to thy grounds for heaven; let it make thee fly faster from sin, to Christ, let it keep thee awake and out of carnal security, and thou maist be saved.
