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Sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul discovering from the 16th…
Sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul discovering from the 16th of Luke the lamentable state of the damned : and may fitly serve as a warning-word to sinners, both old and young, by faith in Jesus Christ, to avoid the same place of torment : with a discovery of the usefulness of the Scriptures as our safe conduct for avoiding the torments of hell / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for F. Smith, 1666
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But let them know, that it shall not always be thus with them; for if when they depart, they drop down into Eternal Destruction, they shall have such a sense of their sins, and the punishment due to the same, that it shall make them to cry. And he cried. O what an alteration will there be among the ungodly, when they go out of this World! it may be a Fortnight or a Month before their departure, they were light, stour, surly, drinking themselves drunk, slighting God's People, mocking at goodness, and delighting in sin; following the World, seeking after Riches, faring deliciously, keeping company with the bravest; but now they are dropped down into Hell, they cry. A little while ago they were painting their Faces, feeding their Lusts, following their Whores, robbing their Neighbours, telling of Lies, following of Plays, and Sports, to pass away the time; but now they are in Hell, they do cry. It may be last Year they heard some good Sermons, was invited to receive Heaven, was told their sins should be pardoned, if they closed in with Jesus; but refusing his proffers, and slighting the Grace that was once tendered, they are now in Hell, and do cry.
But let them know, that it shall not always be thus with them; for if when they depart, they drop down into Eternal Destruction, they shall have such a sence of their sins, and the punishment due to the same, that it shall make them to cry. And he cryed. O what an alteration will there be among the ungodly, when they go out of this World! it may be a Fortnight or a Moneth before their departure, they were light, stour, surly, drinking themselves drunk, slighting God's People, mocking at goodness, and delighting in sin; following the World, seeking after Riches, faring deliciously, keeping company with the bravest; but now they are dropt down into Hell, they cry. A little while ago they were painting their Faces, feeding their Lusts, following their Whores, robbing their Neighbours, telling of Lies, following of Plays, and Sports, to pass away the time; but now they are in Hell, they do cry. It may be last Year they heard some good Sermons, was invited to receive Heaven, was told their sins should be pardoned, if they closed in with Jesus; but refusing his profers, and slighting the Grace that was once tendered, they are now in Hell, and do cry.