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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.
God hath a certain day to hold out his grace to sinners; Now is the time, now is the day. 'Tis true, there is a day of damnation, but this is a day of Salvation. There is a day coming, wherein sinners must cry to the Mountains to fall on them, to the Hills to cover them from the wrath of God; but now, now, is the day in which he doth hold out his grace. There is a day a coming, in which you will not be admitted to have the privilege of one drop of water to cool your tongue; if now, I say, if now you slight his grace and goodness which he holds out to you. Ah friends, consider there is now hopes of mercy, but then there will not; now Christ holds forth mercy unto you, but then he will not. Mat. 7. 23. Now there are his Servants that do beseech you to accept of his grace; but if thou lose the opportunity that is put into thine hand, thou thy self mayst beseech hereafter, and no mercy be given thee. And he cried and said, Father Abraham have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. And there was none given. Therefore, let it never be said of thee, as it will be said of some; Why is there a price put into the hand of a fool, seeing he hath no heart to it: Seeing he hath no heart to make a good use of it, (Prov. 17. 16.) consider therefore with thy self, ⟨p. 111⟩and say, It is better going to Heaven then Hell; it is better to be saved than damned; it is better to be with Saints, than with damned souls; and to go to God, is better than to go to the Devil.
God hath a certain day to hold out his grace to sinners; Now is the time, now is the day. 'Tis true, there is a day of damnation, but this is a day of Salvation. There is a day coming, wherein sinners must cry to the Mountains to fall on them, to the Hills to cover them from the wrath of God; but now, now, is the day in which he doth hold out his grace. There is a day a coming, in which you will not be admitted to have the priviledge of one drop of water to cool your tongue; if now, I say, if now you slight his grace and goodness which he holds out to you. Ah friends, consider there is now hopes of mercy, but then there will not; now Christ holds forth mercy unto you, but then he will not.