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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.
Besides his Soul went down to Hell, Psal •6. 10. Act. 2. 31. and his Body to the bars of the Grave. And •ad […], D••th, o• the Grave been strong enough •o hol• him, then he had suffe•'d the Vengeance of Eternal Fire to all Eternity. But O blessed Jesus! how didst thou discover thy Love to Man in thy thus suffering? And O God the Father! how didst thou also declare thy purity and exactness of thy Justice, in that, though it was thine only, holy, innocent, harmless, and undefiled Son Jesus, that did take on him our Nature, and represent our persons, answering for our sins, instead of our selves: Thou didst so wonderfully pour out thy Wrath upon him, to the making of him cry out, My God my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And O Lord Jesus! what a glorious Conquest hast thou made over the Enemies of our Souls, even Wrath, Sin, Death, Hell, and Devils, in that thou didst wring thy self from under the power of them all? And not only so, but hast led them Captive, which would have led us Captive; and also hast received for us that glorious and unspeakable Inheritance, That Eye hath not seen, n•r Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of Man to conceive. And also hast given thine some discovery thereof through thy Spirit.
Besides his Soul went down to Hell, Psal •6. 10. Act. 2. 31. and his Body to the bars of the Grave. And •ad 〈…〉, D••th, o• the Grave been strong enough •o hol• him, then he had suffe•'d the Vengeance of Eternal Fire to all Eternity. But O blessed Jesus! how didst thou discover thy Love to Man in thy thus suffering? And O God the Father! how didst thou also declare thy purity and exactness of thy Justice, in that, though it was thine onely, holy, innocent, harmless, and undefiled Son Jesus, that did take on him our Nature, and represen our persons, answering for our sins, instead of our selves: Thou didst so wonderfully pour out thy Wrath upon him, to the making of him cry out, My God my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And O Lord Jesus! what a glorious Conquest hast thou made over the Enemies of our Souls, even Wrath, Sin, Death, Hell, and Devils, in that thou didst wring thy self from under the power of them all? And not only so, but hast led them Captive, which would have led us Captive; and also hast received for us that glorious and unspeakable Inheritance, That Eye hath not seen, nr Ear heard, neither hath it entred into the heart of Man to conceive. And also hast given thine some discovery thereof through thy Spirit.