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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.
'Tis true, I have had the Gospel preached to me, and have been invited in: I have been preached to, and have been warned of this; but how have I hated instruction, and mine heart despised reproof? I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me. Prov. 5. 10, 11. O therefore, I say, poor soul! I• there hope? then lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and kiss the dust, and close in with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make much of his glorious mercy, and invite also thy companions to close in with the same Lord Jesus Christ, •est one of you do go to Hell before-hand, and expect with grief of heart, your companions to come after: And in the mean time, with anguish of heart do si•h and say,
'Tis true, I have had the Gospel preached to me, and have been invited in: I have been preached to, and have been warned of this; but how have I hated instruction, and mine heart despised reproof? I have not ob•yed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me. Prov. 5. 10, 11. O therefore, I say, poor soul! I• there hope? then lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and kiss the dust, and close in with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make much of his glorious mercy, and invite also thy companions to close in with the same Lord Jesus Christ, •est one of you do go to Hell before-hand, and expect with grief of heart, your companions to come after: And in the mean time, with anguish of heart do si•h and say,
O send him to my companions, and let him testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment!