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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.
Answ. The Truths of God cannot be born witness unto too often; you may as well say, You need not preach Jesus Christ so much, seeing he hath been, and is received for the True Messiah already.
Answ. The Truths of God cannot be born witness unto too often; you may as well say, You need not preach Jesus Christ so much, seeing he hath been, and is received for the True Messias already.
2. Though many may suppose, that they do believe the Scriptures, yet if they were but well examined, you would find them either by word of ⟨p. 177⟩mouth, or else by conversation, to deny, reject, and slight the Holy Scriptures. 'Tis true, there is a notional, and historical Assent in the Head, I say, In the Head of many, or most, to the Truth contained in Scripture: But try them, I say, and you shall find but a little, if any, of the Faith of the operation of God in the hearts of poor men, to believe the Scriptures, and Things contained in them. Many, yea most men believe the Scriptures, as they believe a Fable, a Story, a Tale, of which there is no certainty; but alas! there are but few do in Deed, and in Truth, believe the Scriptures to be the very Word of God.
2. Though many may suppose, that they do believe the Scriptures, yet if they were but well examined, you would find them either by word of ⟨p. 177⟩mouth, or else by conversation, to deny, reject, and slight the Holy Scriptures. 'Tis true, there is a notional, and historical Assent in the Head, I say, In the Head of many, or most, to the Truth contain'd in Scripture: But try them, I say, and you shall find but a little, if any, of the Faith of the operation of God in the hearts of poor men, to believe the Scriptures, and Things contained in them. Many, yea most men believe the Scriptures, as they believe a Fable, a Story, a Tale, of which there is no certainty; but alas! there are but few do in Deed, and in Truth, believe the Scriptures to be the very Word of God.