Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse V · §7 · John Wesley

An easier way to heaven

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And it is not improbable that some might hope it was so, that he was abolishing the old religion and bringing in another, one which they might flatter themselves would be an easier way to heaven. But our Lord refutes in these words both the vain hopes of the one and the groundless slanders of the other.

1771 text

2. And ’tis not improbable, some might hope it was so: that he was abolishing the old religion, and bringing in another; one which they might flatter themselves, would be an easier way to heaven. But our Lord refutes in these words both the vain hopes of the one, and the groundless calumnies of the other.