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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 24
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.
Some people are so deluded by the devil, as to think that God is so merciful, as to own or regard any thing for prayer; they think any thing will go for currant and good satisfaction, while they are here in this world, through ignorance of the true nature of the mercy of God, and the knowledge in what way God is satisfied for sinners. Now I say, through ignorance they think, that if they do but mutter over some form of prayers, though they know not what they say, nor what they request, yet God is satisfied, yea, very well satisfied with their doings; when alas! there is nothing less. O friends, I beseech you to look about you, and seek in good earnest for the Spirit of Christ, so to help you now, to strive and pray, and to enable you to lay hold of Christ, that your ⟨p. 64⟩souls may be saved, lest the time come, that though you cry and pray, and wish also that you had laid hold on the Lord Jesus, yet you must, and shall be damned.
Some people are so deluded by the devil, as to think that God is so merciful, as to own or regard any thing for prayer; they think any thing will go for currant and good satisfaction, while they are here in this world, through ignorance of the true nature of the mercy of God, and the knowledge in what way God is satisfied for sinners. Now I say, through ignorance they think, that if they do but mutter over some form of prayers, though they know not what they say, nor what they request, yet God is satisfied, yea, very well satisfied with their doings; when alas! there is nothing lesse. O friends, I beseech you to look about you, and seek in good earnest for the Spirit of Christ, so to help you now, to strive and pray, and to enable you to lay hold of Christ, that your ⟨p. 64⟩souls may be saved, lest the time come, that though you cry and pray, and wish also that you had laid hold on the Lord Jesus, yet you must, and shall be damned.
Then again, you may see that though God be willing to save sinners at some time, yet this time doth not always last: No, he that can find in his heart to turn his back upon Jesus Christ now, shall have the back turned upon him hereafter, when he may cry and pray for mercy, and yet go without it. God will have a time to meet with them that now do seek after him: they shall have a time, yea, time enough hereafter to repent their folly, and to befool themselves for turning their backs upon the Lord Jesus Christ.