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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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Fifthly, this is thy day to prevent the loss of the one, and to get an interest in the other, this is the day of salvation, the accepted day of the Lord, 2 Cor. 6.2. Let the sun of this day be set before this work be done, and an everlasting night of darkness will close thee in, wherein thou thou shalt have time enough indeed to bemoan thy folly, but none to learn to grow wiser. It is a sad thing (especially in soul concernments) to be wise too late, ⟨image 13⟩and to cry out when time is past, Oh that I had improved it when it was present, then will the Remembrance of thy former misspent time, and thy despair of ever gaining more, be like poisoned arrows drinking up thy spirit. Amongst all the talents God hath entrusted man withal, this is not the least, because on it depends eternity; and according to the use we make of this, will our eternal condition be, though the most of men live at such a rate, as if it was given them to no other end, then to waste in wickedness, and consume in pleasures, what means else their spending days, weeks, months, years; yea, their whole life in whoring, swearing, playing, coveting and fulfilling the lusts of the flesh, so that when they come to die, the great work that they were sent to do, is then to be done; their souls, Christ, eternity was scarce thought on before; but now ⟨image 13⟩when merciless death begins to gripe them, then do they begin to bethink themselves of those things which they should have got in readiness before, and that is the reason why we so often hear many that lie upon their death beds to cry out for a little longer time; and no wonder, for they have the salvation of their souls to seek. Oh sad case! to have their work to do when the night is come, and a Christ to seek when death hath found them; take therefore the counsel of the holy Ghost, Heb. 3.7. To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Mark, it is the Spirits counsel; true, the devil and thine own heart will tell thee another tale, and be ready to whisper in thine ears, thou mayest have time enough hereafter, what need of so much haste, another day may serve as well; let thy soul be filled with pleasure a little longer, and thy bags filled a little more; thou mayest have time for ⟨image 14⟩