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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.
Art thou troubled with a cunning Devil, with unbelief; yea, let it be what it will, thou shalt take thy farewell of them all (if thou be a Believer) after thy Life-time is ended. O excellent! Then God shall wipe away all Tears from your Eyes; There shall be no more Death, nor Sorrow, nor crying, nor any more pain; for the former Things are passed away.
Art thou troubled with a cunning Devil, with unbelief; yea, let it be what it will, thou shalt take thy farewel of them all (if thou be a Believer) after thy Life-time is ended. O excellent! Then God shall wipe away all Tears from your Eyes; There shall be no more Death, nor Sorrow, nor crying, nor any more pain; for the former Things are passed away.
But now, on the contrary, if thou be not a right and sound Believer; Then though thou shouldst live a Thousand Years in this World, and meet with sore Afflictions every day; Yet these Afflictions, be they never so great and grievous, they are nothing to that Torment that will come upon thee, both in Soul and in Body, after this Life is ended.
But now, on the contrary, if thou be not a right and sound Believer; Then though thou should'st live a Thousand Years in this World, and meet with sore Afflictions every day; Yet these Afflictions, be they never so great and grievous, they are nothing to that Torment that will come upon thee, both in Soul and in Body, after this Life is ended.
I say, be what thou wilt, if thou be found in unbelief, or under the first Covenant, thou art sure to smart for it at the time when thou dost depart this World? But the Thing to be lamented is, For all this is so sad a condition to be fallen into, yet poor Souls are for the most part senseless of it; yea, so senseless (at sometimes) as though there was no such misery to come hereafter. Because the Lord doth no immediately strike with his Sword, but doth bear long with his Creature, waiting that he might be gracious: Therefore, I say, the Hearts of some of the Sons of Men, are wholly set upon it to do mischief,