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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.
For I have five brethren, that he may testify. Mark, that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
These words have still something more in them then I have yet observed from them; there are one or two things more that I shall briefly touch upon, and therefore, Mark, he saith, That he may testify unto them, &c. Mark I pray you, and take notice of the word, Testify. He doth not say, and let him go unto them, or speak with, or tell them such and such things. No, but let him testify, or affirm it constantly, in case any should oppose it. Let him testify to them. It is the same word the Scripture useth to set forth the vehemency of Christ his telling of his Disciples of him that should betray him. And he testified, saying, One of you shall betray me. And he testified, that is, he spake it so, as to dash, or overcome any that should have said, It shall not be. It is a word that signifies, That in case any should oppose the things spoken of, yet that the party speaking should still continue constant in his saying. And he commanded them to preach, and to testify, that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judg of quick and dead. To testify, Mark, that is, to be constant, irresistible, undaunted, in case it should be opposed and objected against. So here, let him testify to them, lest they come into this place of torment.
These words have still something more in them then I have yet observed from them; there are one or two things more that I shall briefly touch upon, and therefore, Mark, he saith, That he may testify unto them, &c. Mark I pray you, and take notice of the word, Testify. He doth not say, and let him go unto them, or speak with, or tell them such and such things. No, but let him testify, or affirm it constantly, in case any should oppose it. Let him testify to them. It is the same word the Scripture useth to set forth the vehemency of Christ his telling of his Disciples of him that should betray him. And he testifyed, saying, One of you shall betray me. And he testified, that is, he spake it so, as to dash, or overcome any that should have said, It shall not be. It is a word that signifies, That in case any should oppose the things spoken of, yet that the party speaking should still continue constant in his saying. And he commanded them to preach, and to testify, that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judg of quick and dead. To testify, Mark, that is, to be constant, irresistible, undaunted, in case it should be opposed and objected against. So here, let him testify to them, lest they come into this place of torment.