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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.
3. Dost thou indeed and in truth▪ believe the Scriptures to be the word of God▪ then •he things contained in them, especially the things of the Gospel are very excellent to thy soul, as the birth of Christ, the death, resurrection, intercession, and second coming, O! how precious and excellent are they to thy soul, insomuch, that thou regardest nothing in comparison of them! O! it is Christs birth, death, blood, resurrection, &c. according to the Scriptures, that thou dost rejoice in exceedingly, and abundantly desire after! whom having not seen, ye love, in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing the mercy with joy unspeakable, and full of glory. 1 Cor. 15. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. compare with Phil. 3. 6, 7, 8. 1 Pet. 1. 8.
3. Dost thou indeed and in truth▪ believe the Scriptures to be the word of God▪ then •he things contained in them, especially the things of the Gospel are very excellent to thy soul, as the birth of Christ, the death, resurrection, intercession, and second coming, O! how precious and excellent are they to thy soul, insomuch, that thou regardest nothing in comparison of them! O! it is Christs birth, death, blood, resurrection, &c. according to the Scriptures, that thou dost rejoyce in exceedingly, and abundantly desire after! whom having not seen, ye love, in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing the mercy with joy unspeakable, and full of glory. 1 Cor. 15. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. compare with Phil. 3. 6, 7, 8. 1 Pet. 1. 8.