Observe here, 1. That every man is. traveller in. certain way.

2. That there are but two ways in which the race of mankind can travel;

the one strait and narrow, that leads to life and salvation;

the other broad and wide, which leads to hell and destruction.

3. That because of the difficulties in the way to salvation, and the easiness of the way to hell and destruction, hence it is that so few walk in the one, and so many in the other.

4. That Christians having the strait way to heaven revealed to them, in and by the word of God, should choose rather to go in that way alone to life, that to run with the multititude in the road way which leads down to the chambers of death and hell.

5. That the metaphor of. gate denotes our first entrance into. religious course of life, and its being strait denotes the difficulty that attends religion at first; evil habits to be put off, old companions in sin to be parted with; but when faith and patience have once smoothed our way, love will make our work delightful to us.

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