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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 29
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.
IN the verses foregoing, you see there is a discovery of the lamentable state of the poor soul that dies out of Christ, and the special favour of God. And also how little the glorious God of heaven doth regard and take notice of their most miserable condition, that he will not so much as afford them one drop of cold water; that is, the least ease or comfort. Now in this verse, the Lord doth magnify the word which was spoken to the people by the Prophets and Apostles, where he saith, They have Moses and the Prophets, let them here them. As if he should say, thou askest me that I should send Lazarus back again into the world, to preach to them that live there, that they might escape that doleful place that thou art in: what ⟨p. 139⟩needs that? have they not Moses and the Prophets, have they not had my Ministers and servants sent unto them, and coming as from me? I sent Enoch, and Noah, Moses, and Samuel. I sent David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, and the rest of the Prophets, together with Peter, Paul, John, Matthew, James, Jude, with the rest; Let them hear them. As if he should say again, what they have spoken by divine inspiration, I will own, whether it be for the damnation of those that reject, or the saving of them that receive their doctrine: And therefore, what need have they that one should be sent unto them in another way? Seeing they have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them; let them receive their word, close in with the doctrine declared by them; let them hear them. I shall not at this time speak any thing to that word (Abraham) having touched upon it already; but shall tell you what is to be understood by these words, They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them. The things that I shall observe from hence are these. 1. That the Scriptures spoken by the holy men of God, are a ⟨p. 140⟩sufficient rule to instruct to salvation, them that do assuredly believe and close in with what they hold forth. They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them. That is, if they would escape, that doleful place, and be saved indeed from the intolerable pains of hell fire, as they desire, they have that which is sufficient to counsel them, for their going aside from that. They have Moses and the Prophets, let them be instructed by them, be admonished by them, let them hear them; 1for all Scripture is given by inspiration of God;