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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.
5. Doest thou believe the Scripture to be the word of God? Then through faith in Christ, thou endeavourest to have thy life squared according to the Scriptures, both in word and practice. Nay, this I say, thou mayst have, though thou do not believe them all. My meaning is, that if thou believe none but the ten Commandments, thy life may be according to them, a legal holy life; and if thou do believe the Gospel too, then thy life will be the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ; that is, either thou wilt live in the blessed and holy enjoyment of what is testified in the Scripture concerning the glorious things of the Lord Jesus Christ, or else, thou wilt be exceedingly panting after them. For the Scriptures carry such a blessed beauty in them to that soul that hath faith in the things contained in them, that they do take the ⟨p. 185⟩heart, and captivate the soul of him that believeth them, into the love and liking of them, believing all things that are written in the Law, and the Prophets, and have hope towards God, that there shall be a Resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust; and herein do I exercise my self, to have always a Conscience void of offence, both towards God, and towards man. Acts 24. 14, 15, 16.
5. Doest thou believe the Scripture to be the word of God? Then through faith in Christ, thou endeavourest to have thy life squared according to the Scriptures, both in word and practice. Nay, this I say, thou mayst have, though thou do not believe them all. My meaning is, that if thou believe none but the ten Commandements, thy life may be according to them, a legal holy life; and if thou do believe the Gospel too, then thy life will be the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ; that is, either thou wilt live in the blessed and holy enjoyment of what is testified in the Scripture concerning the glorious things of the Lord Jesus Christ, or else, thou wilt be exceedingly panting after them. For the Scriptures carry such a blessed beauty in them to that soul that hath faith in the things contained in them, that they do take the ⟨p. 185⟩heart, and captivate the soul of him that believeth them, into the love and liking of them, believing all things that are written in the Law, and the Prophets, and have hope towards God, that there shall be a Resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust; and herein do I exercise my self, to have always a Conscience void of offence, both towards God, and towards man.