Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…

The most Men and Women that live this day upon the face of the Earth are in danger of being thrown into the flames of Hell; the whole World may be divided into two parts, they are either such as are in a state of nature, or such as are in a state of grace, the former are many thousand times the ⟨p. 110⟩greater number, and the Apostle telleth us expressly that such are Children of Wrath, Eph. 2. 3. And if children, then heirs; the children of God are heirs of Heaven; the children of wrath, who also are called the children of the Devil, are heirs of Hell. The later only (I mean such as are in a state of grace) are in a state of Salvation, they only are free from all obligation to the punishment of Hell, having Interest in Christ's satisfaction. There are two ways; in one of which all the Sons and Daughters of men may be found, Math, 7. 13. 14. One is a narrow way, which hath a strait Gate, and very few are to be found therein, and that is the way of Holiness of self-denial, of Mortification and Gospel-obedience, and although this be the way of Life and Salvation, the way to glory and honour and everlasting happiness, yet it hath but few passengers, few take this course: the other is a broad way, which hath the greatest crowd and throng although it lead unto destruction, and this is the way of Sin, the way of Profaneness, Licentiousness, Unrighteousness, disobedience; this is the course of the World; this way hath a wide Gate, and many there be that go in thereat, and the reason our Saviour giveth, because the other way hath so strait a Gate, because of the difficulty of it's passage; namely, the wicket of regeneration, few attempt to go through this strait passage, or if they do attempt they are quickly discouraged with the difficulty, and so let it alone, taking the broader, because the easier way of Sin, the steps of which will certainly take hold of Death and Hell.

The most Men and Women that live this day upon the face of the Earth are in danger of being thrown into the flames of Hell; the whole World may be devided into two parts, they are either such as are in a state of nature, or such as are in a state of grace, the former are many thousand times the ⟨p. 110⟩greater number, and the Apostle telleth us expressely that such are Children of Wrath,