III. That even believers have need to have this truth inculcated often: For,
1. Satan is busy pulling them off this ground by all the wiles and temptations he can.
2. Their own corruption within, and the evil heart of unbelief, is always opposing this way, and drawing them off it.
3. Through the sleight of Satan and the power of corruption, they are oftentimes declining from this pure gospel way.
4. The experience of believers can tell, that when they are at their best, it is a great work and exercise to them to keep their hearts right in this matter.
5. Is it not too often seen, that they are the spiritual plague of formality, which stealeth them off their feet here?
6. And is it not found oftentimes that they are too ready to lean to something beside Christ?
How ought all to be convinced of this, and humbled under the sense of it! And see also how necessary it is to be often preaching on this subject, and to be often thinking upon and studying this fundamental truth.
IV. It should be a strong motive and incitement to us to make use of Christ as the way to the Father, that no man cometh to the Father but by him; for this may be looked upon as an argument enforcing their use-making of him as the way.
V. It discovereth the ground of that truth, that there are but few that are saved, for none cometh to the Father but by him; few, in respect of the whole world, once hear of him; and of such as hear of him, few have the true way of employing and applying him, as the way to the Father cleareth up unto them. And again, of such as have the truth, as it is in Jesus, preached unto them, O how few go to him and make use of him according to the truth, and believe and practise the truth!