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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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Secondly, be satisfied with thy present condition, though it be afflictive, for it shall not last always, thy sorrows shall be short, and thy joys long; roll thy self upon the Lord, for there is a heaven will pay for all; Christ first endured the cross, before he wore the crown. David before he was a King, was a shepherd. The poor man spoken of in this ensuing Treatise, before ⟨image 16⟩he was carried into heaven, had experiences of sorrow, and sufferings on earth, Let the flesh be silent in passing judgement on the dispensations of God towards thee, and the men of this world, in this present life. David by prying too far herein, with his own wisdom, had almost caught a fall, Psal. 73. Though Gods judgements may be too deep for our reason to dive into, yet are they always righteous, and his paths mercy and truth to those that keep his Covenants, Psal. 25.10. When Jeremiah would debate with the Lord concerning his judgements in the wickeds prosperity, he would lay this down as an indubitable truth, that his judgements were righteous, Jer. 12.1. And his end was not to charge God, but to learn understanding of him in the way of his judgements; and although the ways of his providence may be dark to his people, that they cannot discern his footsteps, ⟨image 17⟩yet are they always consistent with his everlasting covenant, and the results of the favour he bears to them, If the wicked flourish like the grass, it is that they should be destroyed for ever, Psal. 92.7. And if the godly have many a wave beating upon them, yet will the Lord command his loving kindness in the day time, Psal. 42.7, 8. And after a little while being tossed too and fro in these boisterous waves, they shall arrive at the heavenly haven, this world being not their resting place, but there remains one for them, Heb. 4.9.