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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.
Fourthly, That though Jesus Christ hath done all these Things for Sinners, yet the Devils make it their whole work, and continual study, how they may keep thee and others from enjoying of these blessed Privileges, that have been thus obtained for Sinners by this sweet Jesus. He labours, I say,
Fourthly, That though Jesus Christ hath done all these Things for Sinners, yet the Devils make it their whole work, and continual study, how they may keep thee and others from enjoying of these blessed Priviledges, that have been thus obtain'd for Sinners by this sweet Jesus. He labours, I say,
First, To keep thee ignorant of thy state by Nature. Secondly, To harden thy Heart against the ways of God. Thirdly, To inflame thy Heart with love to sin, and the ways of darkness.
And fourthly, To get thee to continue herein. For that is the way, he knows, to get thee to be a partaker with him of the flaming Hell-fire, even the same that he himself is fallen into; together with the rest of the wicked World by reason of sin. Look to it therefore.
But now, in the next place, a word of encouragement to you that are the Saints of the Lord.