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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.
Take notice of this, you that are despisers of the least of the Lazarus's of our Lord Jesus Christ: it may be now you are loath to receive these little ones of his, because they are not Gentlemen, because they cannot with Pontius Pilate speak Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Nay, they must not, shall not speak to them, to admonish them, and all because of this.
Take notice of this, you that are despisers of the least of the Lazarus's of our Lord Jesus Christ: it may be now you are loath to receive these little ones of his, because they are not Gentlemen, because they cannot with Pontius Pilate speak Hebrew, Greek, and Latine. Nay, they must not, shall not speak to them, to admonish them, and all because of this.
Though now the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ may be preached to them freely, and for nothing; nay, they are now desired to hear and receive it. Though now they will not own, regard, or embrace these Christian proffers of the glorious truth of Jesus, because they come out of some of the basest earthen vessels, 1 Cor. 1. 26. yet the time is coming when they will both sigh and cry, Send him to my fathers house. I say, remember this, ye that despise the day of small things: the time is coming, when you would be glad, if you might enjoy from God, from Christ, or his Saints, one small drop of cold water: though now you are unwilling to receive the glorious distilling drops of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Though now the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ may be preached to them freely, and for nothing; nay, they are now desired to hear and receive it. Though now they will not own, regard, or imbrace these Christian profers of the glorious truth of Jesus, because they come out of some of the basest earthen vessels, 1 Cor. 1. 26. yet the time is coming when they will both sigh and cry, Send him to my fathers house. I say, remember this, ye that despise the day of small things: the time is coming, when you would be glad, if you might enjoy from God, from Christ, or his Saints, one small drop of cold water: though now you are unwilling to receive the glorious distilling drops of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus.