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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.
Secondly, consider thou must have all thy well spent Life to follow thee, instead of all thy sins: and the glorious blessings of the Gospel, instead of the dreadful Curses and Condemnations of the Law. The blessing of the Father, instead of a fiery Sentence from the Judge.
Thirdly, Let dissolution come when it will, it can do thee no harm; for it will be but only a passage out of a Prison, into a Palace; out of a Sea of Troubles, into an Haven of Rest; out of a Crowd of Enemies, to an innumerable Company of true, loving, and faithful Friends; out of shame, Reproach, and Contempt, into exceeding great and Eternal Glory. For Death shall not hurt thee with his sting, nor bite thee with his Soul-murmuring Teeth, but shall be a welcome Guest to thee, even to thy Soul, in that it is sent to free thee from thy Troubles which thou art in whiles here, in this World, dwelling in the Tabernacle of Clay.
Thirdly, Let dissolution come when it will, it can do thee no harm; for it will be but onely a passage out of a Prison, into a Palace; out of a Sea of Troubles, into an Haven of Rest; out of a Croud of Enemies, to an innumerable Company of true, loving, and faithful Friends; out of shame, Reproach, and Contempt, into exceeding great and Eternal Glory. For Death shall not hurt thee with his sting, nor bite thee with his Soul-murmuring Teeth, but shall be a welcome Guest to thee, even to thy Soul, in that it is sent to free thee from thy Troubles which thou art in whiles here, in this World, dwelling in the Tabernacle of Clay.
Fourthly, consider, however it goes with Friends and Relations, yet it will go well with thee, Eccl. 8. 12.