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A few sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul. Or, An…
A few sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul. Or, An exposition of those words in the sixteenth of Luke, concerning the rich man and the beggar : wherein is discovered the lamentable state of the damned : their cries, their desires in their distresses, with the determination of God upon them. A good warning word to sinners, both old and young, to take into consideration betimes, and to seek by faith in Jesus Christ to avoid, lest they come into the same place of torment. Also a brief discourse touching the profitableness of the Scriptures for our instruction in the way of righteousness, according to the tendency of the said parable. / By that poor and contemptible servant of Jesus Christ, John Bunyan.A few sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul. Or, An exposition of those words in the sixteenth of Luke, concerning the rich man and the beggar : wherein is discovered the lamentable state of the damned : their cries, their desires in their distresses, with the determination of God upon them. A good warning word to sinners, both old and young, to take into consideration betimes, and to seek by faith in Jesus Christ to avoid, lest they come into the same place of torment. Also a brief discourse touching the profitableness of the Scriptures for our instruction in the way of righteousness, according to the tendancy of the said parable. / By that poor and contemptible servant of Jesus Christ, John Bunyan.
London: printed by Ralph Wood for M. Wright, 1658
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A FEW Sighs from Hell: OR, The Groans of a damned Soul: OR, An Expo… › Verse 23
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3. Again, then thou shalt have brought into thy remembrance the slighting of the Gospel of Christ; here now 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 pass over you; that is, continually without any intermission. Now these are the words I aim at, where he saith, And it shall be a vexation only to hear the report. A vexation, that is, a torment, or a great ⟨p. 47⟩part of hell only to understand the report, that is, 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 die 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 now 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 pass over you; that is, continually without any intermission. Now these are the words I aim at, where he saith, And it shall be a vexation onely to hear the report. A vexation, that is, a torment, or a great