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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.
I intend not discouragements but awakenings, the Churches have need of awakening and so hath all professors, do not despise me therefore, but hear me over again? what a strange disappointment will many professors meet with at the day of God almighty! a disappointment, I say and that as to several things.
I intend not discouragements but awaknings, the Churches have need of awakning and so hath all professors, do not despise me therefore, but hear me over again? what a strange disappointment will many professors meet with at the day of God almighty! a disappointment, I say and that as to several things.
1. They will look to escape hell, & yet fall just into the mouth of hell! what a disappointment will here be. 2. They will look for heaven but the gate of heaven will be shut against them! what a disappointment is here? 3▪ They will expect, that Christ should have compassion for them, but will find that he hath shut up all bowels of compassion from them! what a disappointments here?
1. They will look to escape hell, & yet fall just into the mouth of hell! what a disappointment will here be. 2. They will look for heaven but the gate of heaven will be shut against them! what a disappointment is here? 3▪ They will expect, that Christ should have compassion for them, but will finde that he hath shut up all bowels of compassion from them! what a disappointments here?
[…], fifthly, As this disappointment will be fearful, •o certainly it […].
〈…〉, fifthly, As this disappointment will be fearful, o certainly it .