B02626:804
The plain mans path-way to heaven
The plain mans path-way to heaven wherein every man may clearly see whether he shall be saved or damned. / Set forth dialogue-wise for the better understanding of the simple, by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by Ja. Young for G. Lathum, 1643
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.
Phil. Well, sith there be so many bars out of Heaven, and so many gates into ⟨p. 333⟩Hell, it is a very hard matter to break through all these bars, and to enter into life; and as hard a matter to miss all these gates, and to escape Hell. He quits him well that can do it.
Phil. Well, sith there be so many bars out of Heaven, and so many gates into ⟨p. 333⟩Hell, it is a very hard matter to break thorow all these bars, and to enter into life; and as hard a matter to misse all these gates, and to escape Hell. He quits him well that can doe it.
Theol. True indeed. And as hard a thing as that is, so hard a thing is it for flesh and blood to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. And yet most men make light of it, and think it is the easiest matter of an hundred.
Theol. True indeed. And as hard a thing as that is, so hard a thing is it for flesh and bloud to enter into the Kingdome of Heaven. And yet most men make light of it, and thinke it is the easiest matter of an hundred.
Asun. As hard as it is, yet I hope by the grace of God I shall be one of them that shall enter in. For so long as I do as I would be done to, and say no body no harm, nor do no body no harm, God will have mercy on my soul. And I doubt not but my good deeds shall weigh against my evil deeds, and that I shall make even with God at my later end. For, I thank God for it, I have always lived in h•s fear, and served him with a true intent: Therefore I know that so long as I keep his commandments, & live as my neighbours do, and as a Christian man ought to do, he will not damn my soul.