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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.
1. Consider, that whatever thou canst do, as to thy acceptance with God, is not worth the dirt of thy shoes, but is all as menstruous Rags, Isa. 64. 6. 2. Consider, that all the Conditions of the New Covenant (as to Salvation) are and have bin completely fulfilled by the Lord Jesus Christ, and that for sinners. 3. Consider, That the Lord calls to thee, for to receive whatsoever Christ hath done, and that on free-cost, Rev. 22. 17. 4. Consider, That thou canst not honour God, more than to close in with his proffers of Grace, Mercy, and Pardon of sin, Rom. 4.
1. Consider, that whatever thou canst do, as to thy acceptance with God, is not worth the dirt of thy shoes, but is all as menstruous Rags, Isa. 64. 6. 2. Consider, that all the Conditions of the New Covenant (as to Salvation) are and have bin compleatly fulfilled by the Lord Jesus Christ, and that for sinners. 3. Consider, That the Lord calls to thee, for to receive whatsoever Christ hath done, and that on free-cost, Rev. 22. 17. 4. Consider, That thou canst not honour God, more than to close in with his proffers of Grace, Mercy, and Pardon of sin, Rom. 4.
Again, That which will add to all the rest, Thou shalt have the very Mercy of GOD, the Blood of Christ, the Preachers of the Word, together with every Sermon; all the Promises, Invitations, Exhortations, and all the Counsels and Threatenings of the Blessed Word of God: Thou shalt have all thy Thoughts, Words, and Actions, together with all thy Food, thy Raiment, thy ⟨p. 120⟩