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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.
Though the world disregard the society of Gods children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them. Nay, do but observe, those of the Saints that are now most rejected by them, even from them shall they be glad of comfort, if it might be. Send Lazarus; he that I slighted more than my dogs, he that I could not endure should come into my house, but must lye at my gate, send him: Now Lazarus shall be welcome to me, now do I desire some comfort from him; but he shall go without it.
From whence again observe, That there is a time coming, O ye surly dogged persecutors of the Saints, that they shall slight you as much as ever you slighted them. You have given them many an hard word, told many a lie of them, given them many a blow: And now in your greatest need and extremity they shall not pity you. The Righteous shall rather rejoice when he seeth the vengeance of God upon thee, Psal. 58. 10.
From whence again observe, That there is a time coming, O ye surly dogged persecutors of the Saints, that they shall slight you as much as ever you slighted them. You have given them many an hard word, told many a lie of them, given them many a blow: And now in your greatest need and extremity they shall not pity you. The Righteous shall rather rejoyce when he seeth the vengeance of God upon thee, Psal. 58. 10.
Again, Send Lazarus. From whence observe, That any of the Saints shall then be owned by you to be Saints. Now ye look upon them to be of the Sect with Hymeneus and Philetus, but then you shall see them to be the Lazarus's of God, even Gods dear Children. Though now the Saints of the Lord will not be owned by you, because they