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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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Thirdly, let the faith and hopes of a glorious deliverance, get thy heart up above thy present sufferings, that thou mayest glory in tribulation, who hast ground of rejoicing in hope of the glory of God, Rom. 5.2, 3. For whatsoever thy present grievances are, whether outward afflictions, or inward temptations; this may be thy ⟨image 17⟩consolation, that a few days will rid thee of them, when thou shalt sigh no more, complain no more, but these shall be turned into praises: thou hast (if I may so call it) all thy hell here, let thy life be expired, and thy misery is ended; thy happiness begins, where wicked mens end; and when thine is once begun, it shall have no more end.
Thirdly, let the faith and hopes of a glorious deliverance, get thy heart up above thy present sufferings, that thou mayest glory in tribulation, who hast ground of rejoycing in hope of the glory of God, Rom. 5.2, 3. For whatsoever thy present grievances are, whether outward afflictions, or inward temptations; this may be thy ⟨image 17⟩consolation, that a few dayes will rid thee of them, when thou shalt sigh no more, complain no more, but these shall be turned into praises: thou hast (if I may so call it) all thy hell here, let thy life be expired, and thy misery is ended; thy happiness begins, where wicked mens end; and when thine is once begun, it shall have no more end.
Reader, I have an Advertisement to thee concerning the following Discourse, and the Author of it. Thou hast in the Discourse many things of choice consideration presented to thee in much plainness, evidence, and authority, the explications are full, the applications are natural; be not offended at his plain and down-right language, it is for the discharge of the Authors conscience, and thy profit, besides the subject necessarily leads him to it. It is a mercy to be dealt thoroughly and plainly with, in the matters