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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.
1. It is that gate that letteth men into, or shuteth men out of that place or kingdom where Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob is, which place is that paradise where Christ promised the thief, that he should be that day, that he asked to be with him in his kingdom: it is that place into which Paul said, he was caught, when he heard words unlawful or impossible for a man to utter, Luk. 13. •0. chap. 23. 24. 2 Cor. 12. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. It is that gate that letteth men into, or shuteth men out of that place or kingdom where Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob is, which place is that paradice where Christ promised the thief, that he should be that day, that he asked to be with him in his kingdom: it is that place into which Paul said, he was caught, when he heard words unlawful or impossible for a man to utter, Luk. 13. •0. chap. 23. 24. 2 Cor. 12. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Quest. But is not Christ the gate or entrance into this heavenly place?
Answ. He is he without whom no man can get thither, because by his merits men obtain that world, and also because he (as the father) is the donor and disposer of that kingdom to whom he will: further, this place is called his house, and himself the master of it (when once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to ⟨p. 13⟩