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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.
O send him to my companions, and let him testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment!
O send him to my companions, and let him testifie to them, lest they also come into this place of torment!
Now then from what hath been said there, might many things be spoken by way of Use and Application: But I shall be very brief, and but touch some things, and so wind up.
And first, I shall begin with the sad condition of those that die out of Christ, and speak something to that.
Secondly, to the latter end of the Parable, which more evidently concerns the Scripture, and speak somewhat to that.
1. Therefore you see, that the former part of the Parable contains a sad declaration of the state of one living and dying out of Christ; how that they lose Heaven for Hell, God for the Devil, light for darkness, joy for sorrow. 2. How that they have not so much as the least comfort from God, who in the time they live here below, neglect coming to him for mercy; not so much as one drop of cold water. 3. That such souls will repent of their folly, when repentance will do them no good, or when they shall be past recovery. 4. That all the comfort such souls are like to have, they have i in this world. 5. That all their groanings and sighs, will not move God to mitigate in the least, his heavy hand of vengeance, that is upon them, for the transgressions they have committed against him. 6. That their sad state is irrecoverable; or they must never, (mark) never come out of that condition. 7. There, desires will not be heard for their ungodly neighbours.