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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.
1. Thou sayest thou dost indeed and in truth effectually believe the Scriptures: I ask therefore, wast thou ever killed stark dead by the Law of works contained in the Scriptures? killed by the Law or letter, and made to see thy sins against it, and left in an helpless condition by that Law▪ For as I said, the proper work of the Law is to slay the Soul, and to leave it dead in a helpless state. For it doth neither give the Soul any comfort it self when it comes, nor doth it show the soul where comfort is to be had; and therefore it is called the ministration of condemnation, as in 2 Cor. 3. 9. the ministration of death, 2 Cor. 3. 7. For though men may have a notion of the blessed Word of God as the children had, yet before they be converted, it may truly be said of to them, Ye err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God, Mark 12. 24.
1. Thou sayest thou dost indeed and in truth effectually believe the Scriptures: I ask therefore, wast thou ever killed stark dead by the Law of works contained in the Scriptures? killed by the Law or letter, and made to see thy sins against it, and left in an helpless condition by that Law▪ For as I said, the proper work of the Law is to slay the Soul, and to leave it dead in a helpless state. For it doth neither give the Soul any comfort it self when it comes, nor doth it shew the soul where comfort is to be had; and therefore it is called the ministration of condemnation, as in 2 Cor. 3. 9. the ministration of death, 2 Cor. 3. 7. For though men may have a notion of the blessed Word of God as the children had, yet before they be converted, it may truly be said of to them, Ye erre, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God, Mark 12. 24.