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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.
Again, did not Moses write of the Saviour that was to come afterwards into the World. Deut. 18. 18. Nay, have not all the Prophets from Samuel, with all those that follow after, prophesied, and foretold these things: therefore what need have they that I should work such a miracle, as to send one from the dead unto them? They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them.
From whence observe again, That God doth honour the writings of Moses and the Prophets, as much, nay more, than if one should rise from the dead: Should not a People seek unto their God? what, seek for the living among the dead? To the Law, and to the Testimonies, (saith God) if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isa. 8. 19 20. And let me tell you plainly, I do believe that the Devil knows this full well, which makes him labour to ⟨p. 144⟩beget in the hearts of his Disciples and followers, light thoughts of them; and doth persuade them, that even a motion from their own beguiled conscience, or from his own wicked Spirit, is to be observed, and obeyed before them: when the very Apostle of Jesus Christ, though he heard a voice from the excellent glory, saying, This is my beloved Son, &c.
From whence observe again, That God doth honour the writings of Moses and the Prophets, as much, nay more, than if one should rise from the dead: Should not a People seek unto their God? what, seek for the living among the dead? To the Law, and to the Testimonies, (saith God) if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isa. 8. 19 20. And let me tell you plainly, I do believe that the Devil knows this full well, which makes him labour to ⟨p. 144⟩