Excerpt from Striving to Enter in at the Strait Gate Explain'd and Inculcated: And the Connexion of Salvation Therewith But enough has been (aid to explain the phrafeology, and general fcope of this precept. In farther difeourfing upon the fubjee't, it is pro pofed, by divine aflillance, more particularly to reprcfent to you, . What this firiving implies in It The fatal eonfequences of not firiving together with the happinefs and glory which will accrue to us, if we firive effectually, or fo as finally to enter in at the {trait gate And lallly, What eon nexion there is, according to the word of God, between firiving in the manner we may and ought to do, and actually obtaining what we aim at therein, the falvation of our fouls. It is propofed to enlarge much more upon the lalt of thefe points, than upon any of the others. In the firll place it will be proper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.