Sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul discovering from the 16th…

3. Again, then thou shalt have brought into thy remembrance, the slighting of the Gospel of Christ; here thou shalt consider how willing Christ was to come into the world to save sinners, and for what a trifle thou didst reject him. This is plainly held forth in Isaiah 28. where speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ, the foundation of salvation, ver. 16. he saith of them that reject the Gospel, that when the overflowing scourge doth pass through the earth, (which I understand to be at the end of the world) then saith he, It shall take you morning by morning, by day and by night shall it ⟨p. 39⟩pass over you; that is, continually without any intermission. And it shall be a vexation only to hear the report. A vexation, that is, a torment, or a great part of hell only to understand the report, to understand the good tidings that came into the world by Christs death for poor sinners, and you will find this to be verily the mind of the Spirit, if you compare it with Chap. 53. of Isaiah verse 1. where he speaks of mens turning their backs upon the tenders of Gods grace in the Gospel, he saith, Who hath believed our report, or the Gospel declared by us? Now this will be a mighty torment to the ungodly, when they shall understand the goodness of God was so great, that he even sent his Son out of his bosom to dye for sinners, and yet that they should be so foolish, as to put him off from one time to another; that they should be so foolish, as to lose heaven, and Christ, and eternal life in glory, for the society of a company of drunkards; that they should lose their souls for a little sport, for this world, for a strumpet, for that which is lighter then vanity and nothing. I say, this will be a very great torment unto thee.

3. Again, then thou shalt have brought into thy remembrance, the slighting of the Gospel of Christ; here thou shalt consider how willing Christ was to come into the world to save sinners, and for what a trifle thou didst reject him. This is plainly held forth in Esay 28. where speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ, the foundation of salvation, ver. 16. he saith of them that reject the Gospel, that when the overflowing scourge doth pass through the earth, (which I understand to be at the end of the world) then saith he, It shall take you morning by morning, by day and by night shall it ⟨p. 39⟩pass over you; that is, continually without any intermission. And it shall be a vexation only to hear the report. A vexation, that is, a torment, or a great part of hell only to understand the report, to understand the good tydings that came into the world by Christs death for poor sinners, and you will find this to be verily the mind of the Spirit, if you compare it with Chap. 53. of Esay verse 1. where he speaks of mens turning their backs upon the tenders of Gods grace in the Gospel, he saith, Who hath believed our report, or the Gospel declared by us? Now this will be a mighty torment to the ungodly, when they shall understand the goodness of God was so great, that he even sent his Son out of his bosome to dye for sinners, and yet that they should be so foolish, as to put him off from one time to another; that they should be so foolish, as to lose heaven, and Christ, and eternal life in glory, for the society of a company of drunkards; that they should lose their souls for a little sport, for this world, for a strumpet, for that which is lighter then vanity and nothing. I say, this will be a very great torment unto thee.