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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.
4. Dost thou believe the Scriptures to be the word of God? Then thou standest in aw•of, and dost much reverence them. Why, they are the word of God, the true sayings of God; they are the counsel of God; they are his promises, and his threatenings. Poor souls are apt to think, If I could hear God speak to me from Heaven with an audible voice, then sure, I should be serious, and believe it. But truly, if God should speak to ⟨p. 184⟩thee from Heaven, except thou wert converted, thou wouldest not regard, not really believe him. But if thou dost believe the Scriptures, thou seest that they are the truth, as really believe him. But if thou dost believe the Scriptures, thou seest that they are the truth, as really as if God should speak to thee from Heaven through the Clouds, and therefore never flatter thy self, foolishly thinking, that if it were so, and so, then thou couldest believe. I tell thee, saith Christ, If they believe not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they believe though one should rise from the dead. But▪
4. Dost thou believe the Scriptures to be the word of God? Then thou standest in aw•of, and dost much reverence them. Why, they are the word of God, the true sayings of God; they are the counsel of God; they are his promises, and his threatnings. Poor souls are apt to think, If I could hear God speak to me from Heaven with an audible voice, then sure, I should be serious, and believe it. But truly, if God should speak to ⟨p. 184⟩thee from Heaven, except thou wert converted, thou wouldest not regard, not really believe him. But if thou dost believe the Scriptures, thou seest that they are the truth, as really believe him. But if thou dost believe the Scriptures, thou seest that they are the truth, as really as if God should speak to thee from Heaven through the Clouds, and therefore never flatter thy self, foolishly thinking, that if it were so, and so, then thou couldest believe. I tell thee, saith Christ, If they believe not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they believe though one should rise from the dead. But▪