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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 28
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.
But my friend, when thou hast lost this life, and dost begin to lift up thine eyes in hell, and seest what thy sins have brought thee to; and not only so, but that thou by thy filthy sins didst cause others, (devil-like) to fall into the same condemnation with thee: And that one of the reasons of their damnation was this, that thou didst lead them to the commission of those wicked practices of this world, and the lusts thereof. Oh! that some body would stop them from coming, lest they also come into this place of torment, and be damned as I am; how will it torment me? For the reason (as I said before) why some mens condemnations are more intolerable then others, is sometimes, because they have not only damned themselves by ⟨p. 120⟩their sins, but their ungodly carriages have been stumbling-blocks to others; causing them also to stumble and fall at that for which thou thy self art damned. Balaam could not be contented to be damned himself, but also he must by his wickedness cause others to stumble and fall.1 The Scribes and Pharisees could not be converted to keep out of heaven themselves, but they must labour to keep out others too.
But my friend, when thou hast lost this life, and dost begin to lift up thine eyes in hell, and seest what thy sins have brought thee to; and not onely so, but that thou by thy filthy sins didst cause others, (devil-like) to fall into the same condemnation with thee: And that one of the reasons of their damnation was this, that thou didst lead them to the commission of those wicked practices of this world, and the lusts thereof. Oh! that some body would stop them from coming, lest they also come into this place of torment, and be damned as I am; how will it torment me? For the reason (as I said before) why some mens condemnations are more intollerable then others, is sometimes, because they have not onely damned themselves by ⟨p. 120⟩their sins, but their ungodly carriages have been stumbling-blocks to others; causing them also to stumble and fall at that for which thou thy self art damned. Balaam could not be contented to be damned himself, but also he must by his wickedness cause others to stumble and fall.1