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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
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3. Again observe, that those who in their life time do turn their back upon the streams of Gods grace and love, when they depart this life, they shall not have the privilege of the least mercy, though they would never so willingly. O that these things did take place in your hearts, how would it make you to seek after rest for your souls before it be too late, before the sun of the Gospel be set upon you. Consider, I say, the misery of the ungodly that they shall be in, and avoid their vices by ⟨p. 70⟩closing in with the tenders of mercy; lest you partake of the same portion with them, and cry out in the bitterness of your souls, one drop of cold water and cool my tongue.
3. Again observe, that those who in their life time do turn their back upon the streams of Gods grace and love, when they depart this life, they shall not have the priviledge of the least mercy, though they would never so willingly. O that these things did take place in your hearts, how would it make you to seek after rest for your souls before it be too late, before the sun of the Gospel be set upon you. Consider, I say, the misery of the ungodly that they shall be in, and avoid their vices by ⟨p. 70⟩closing in with the tenders of mercy; lest you partake of the same portion with them, and cry out in the bitterness of your souls, one drop of cold water and cool my tongue.
For I am tormented in this flame.
These words hold forth the reason why the damned do so much request there might be some pity showed to them; namely because they are under sore and sad affliction; for I am tormented in this flame. Indeed the reason why the poor world do not so earnestly desire for mercy is, partly because they do not so seriously consider the torment that they must certainly fall into if they die out of Christ. For let me tell you, did but poor souls indeed consider that wrath that doth by right fall to their shares because of their sins against God, they would make more haste to God through Christ for mercy then they do. Then we should have them say, it is good closing with Christ to day before we fall into such distress.