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"Strive to enter in at the strait gate."
The kingdom of heaven is not to be entered
but by violence: it must be taken as it were
by assault, like a besieged place. The gate is
strait & narrow, we must bow, we must bend
we must make ourselves little to gain
admittance. The great gate, which opens
wide, & is passed by multitudes, leads
to perdition. Woe to us when the world
favors us, & our life seems void of trouble.
Crosses & difficulties are the surest
marks of the way to heaven. Let us beware
therefore of going on with the multitude
& let us seek the traces of the few
let us follow the footsteps of the saints along
the craggy paths of repentance climbing
over the rocks seeking secure places in
the sweat of our face & expecting that [the?]
last step of our lives should still be a
violent struggle to enter the narrow gate
of eternity.

We are not predestinated by God but to be
made conformable to his will the image
of his Son to be fastened as he was to a
cross renouncing as he did all sensual