Sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul discovering from the 16th…

You know I told you the 22th Verse, is a discovery of the departure of the godly, and the ungodly out of this life; where he saith, The beggar died, and the rich man also died. The 23. Verse, is a discovery of the proper places, both of the godly, and the ungodly after death; one being in Abraham's Bosom, or in glory, the other in Hell. Now this 24 Verse, is a discovery of part of the too late repentance of the ungodly, when ⟨p. 46⟩they are dropped down into Hell. And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy upon me.]

YOu know I told you the 22th Verse, is a discovery of the departure of the godly, and the ungodly out of this life; where he saith, The beggar died, and the rich man also died. The 23. Verse, is a discovery of the proper places, both of the godly, and the ungodly after death; one being in Abrahams Bosom, or in glory, the other in Hell. Now this 24 Verse, is a discovery of part of the too late repentance of the ungodly, when ⟨p. 46⟩they are dropt down into Hell. And he cryed, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy upon me.]

From these words, And he cried, we may observe, first, What a change the ungodly will have, when they come into Hell. He cried; it is like he was laughing, jesting, jeering, drinking, mocking, swearing, cursing, prating, persecuting of the godly in his prosperity, among his filthy companions; but now the case is otherwise, now he is in another frame, now his proud, flout, currish carriage is come down. And he cried. The laughter of the ungodly will not last always, but will be sure to end in a cry, The triumphing of the wicked is short, Job 20 5. Consider, you must have a change, either here or in Hell. If you be not new creatures, regenerate persons, new-born Babes in this World before you go hence, your note will be changed, your conditions will be changed▪ for if you come into Hell, you must cry. O did but the singing drunkards, when they are making merry on the Ale-bench, think on this, it would make them change their note, and cry, What shall I do? whither shall I go when I die? But as I said before, the Devil, as he labours to get poor souls to follow their sins, so he labours also to keep the thoughts of eternal damnation out of their minds; and indeed these two things are so nearly linked together, that the Devil cannot well get the Soul to go on in sin with delight, unless