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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.
I say this might be, I, and is the conclusion with them that judge according to outward appearance. But if the whole Parable be well considered, you will see, Luke 16. 15. That that which is had in high estimation with men, is an abomination in the sight of God. And again, Joh. 16. 20, 21, 22. that condition that is the saddest condition, according to outward appearance, is oft times the most excellent; for the beggar had ten thousand degrees the best of it, though to outward appearance, his state was the saddest; from whence we shall observe thus much.
1. That those who judge according to outward appearance, do for the most part judge amiss. Joh. 7. 24.
2. That they who look upon their outward enjoyments to be tokens of Gods special grace unto them, are also deceived, Rev. 3. 17. For as it is here in the Parable, a man of wealth, and a child of the Devil may make but one person; or a man may have abundance of outward enjoyments, and yet be carried by the devils into eternal burnings, Luke 12. 20. But this is the trap in which the Devil hath caught many thousands of poor souls, namely, by getting them to judg according to outward appearance, or according to Gods outward blessings.
2. That they who look upon their outward enjoyments to be tokens of Gods special grace unto them, are also deceived,