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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
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The deceived cannot be content to be deceived himself, but he must labour to deceive others also. The drunkard cannot be contented to go to hell for his own sins, but he must labour to cause others to fall into the same furnace with him. O friends! look to your selves, for here will be damnation upon damnation, damned for thy own sins, and damned for thy being a partaker with others in their sins; and damned for being guilty of the damnation of others. O how will the drunkard cry for leading their neighbours into drunkenness? How will the covetous person howl for setting his neighbour, his friend, his brother, his children and relations so wicked an example; by which ⟨p. 121⟩he hath not only wronged his own soul, but also the souls of others. The liar by lying, learned others to lie; the swearer learned others to swear, the whoremonger learns others to whore. Now all these, with others of the like sort, will be guilty, not only of their own damnation, but also of the damnation of others. I tell you, that some men have been so much the authors of the damnation of others, that I am ready to think that the damnation of them will trouble them as much as their own damnation. Some men (it is to be feared) at the day of judgement will be found to be the author of destroying whole nations. How many souls do you think Balaam with his deceit will have to answer for? How many, Mahomet? How many, the Pharisees, that hired the soldiers to say the Disciples stole away Jesus, and by that means stumbled their brethren to this day; and was one means of hindering them from believing the things of God and Jesus Christ; and so the cause of the damnation of their brethren to this very day.
The deceived cannot be content to be deceived himself, but he must labour to deceive others also. The drunkard cannot be contented to go to hell for his own sins, but he must labour to cause others to fall into the same furnace with him. O friends! look to your selves, for here will be damnation upon damnation, damned for thy own sins, and damned for thy being a partaker with others in their sins; and damned for being guilty of the damnation of others. O how will the drunkard cry for leading their neighbours into drunkenness? How will the covetous person howle for setting his neighbour, his friend, his brother, his children and relations so wicked an example; by which ⟨p. 121⟩he hath not onely wronged his own soul, but also the souls of others. The liar by lying, learned others to lie; the swearer learned others to swear, the whoremonger learns others to whore. Now all these, with others of the like sort, will be guilty, not onely of their own damnation, but also of the damnation of others. I tell you, that some men have been so much the authors of the damnation of others, that I am ready to think that the damnation of them will trouble them as much as their own damnation. Some men (it is to be feared) at the day of judgement will be found to be the author of destroying whole nations. How many souls do you think Balaam with his deceit will have to answer for? How many, Mahomet? How many, the Pharisees, that hired the souldiers to say the Disciples stole away Jesus, and by that means stumbled their brethren to this day; and was one means of hindering them from believing the things of God and Jesus Christ; and so the cause of the damnation of their brethren to this very day.