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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
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It is profitable to instruct him, in case he be ignorant; to reprove him, in case he transgress; to correct him, if he hath need of it; to confirm him, if he be wavering. It is profitable for doctrine, & all ⟨p. 141⟩this in a very righteous way, that the poor soul may not only be helped, but throughly furnished, not only to some, but to all good works. And when Paul would counsel Timothy, to stick close to the things that are sound & sure, presently he puts him upon the Scriptures, saying, Thou hast from a child known the Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, 1through faith which is in Christ Jesus. The Scriptures holds forth Gods mind and will, of his love and mercy towards man, and also the creatures carriage towards him from first to last; so if thou wouldst know the love of God in Christ to sinners?2 Then search the Scriptures, for they are they that testify of him.
It is profitable to instruct him, in case he be ignorant; to reprove him, in case he transgress; to correct him, if he hath need of it; to confirme him, if he be wavering. It is profitable for doctrine, & all ⟨p. 141⟩this in a very righteous way, that the poor soul may not onely be helped, but throughly furnished, not onely to some, but to all good works. And when Paul would counsel Timothy, to stick close to the things that are sound & sure, presently he puts him upon the Scriptures, saying, Thou hast from a child known the Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, 1through faith which is in Christ Jesus. The Scriptures holds forth Gods mind and will, of his love and mercy towards man, and also the creatures carriage towards him from first to last; so if thou wouldst know the love of God in Christ to sinners?2 Then search the Scriptures, for they are they that testifie of him.