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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 30
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As now to particularize some things. ⟨p. 162⟩The Scriptures say, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, that maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. Jer. 17, 5.
And yet how many poor souls are there in the world, that stand in so much awe, and dread of man, and do so highly esteem their favour, that they will rather venture their souls in the hands of the devil, with their favour, then they will fly to Jesus Christ for the salvation of their soul, if they must lose their favour, and have their frowns and displeasure for the same. Nay, though they be convinced in their souls that the way is the way of God; yet how do they labour to stifle convictions, and turn their ears away from the truth, and all because they will not lose the favour of an opposite neighbour. Oh! I dare not for my Master, my Brother, my Landlord, I shall lose his favour, his house of work, and so decay my calling. O saith another, I would willingly go in this way, but for my Father, he chides and tells me, he will not stand my friend when I come to wants; I shall never enjoy a pennyworth of his goods, he will disinherit me. And I dare not, ⟨p. 163⟩saith another, for my Husband, for he will be a railing, and tells me, he will turn me out of doors, he will beat me, and cut off my legs. But I tell you, if any of these, or any other things be so prevalent with thee now, as to keep thee from seeking after Christ in his ways; they will also be so prevalent with God against thee, as to make him cast off thy soul, because thou didst rather trust man then God; and delight in the embracings of man, rather than in the favour of the Lord.
And yet how many poor souls are there in the world, that stand in so much aw, and dread of man, and do so highly esteem their favour, that they will rather venture their souls in the hands of the devil, with their favour, then they will fly to Jesus Christ for the salvation of their soul, if they must lose their favour, and have their frownes and displeasure for the same. Nay, though they be convinced in their souls that the way is the way of God; yet how do they labour to stisle convictions, and turn their ears away from the truth, and all because they will not lose the favour of an opposite neighbour. Oh! I dare not for my Master, my Brother, my Landlord, I shall lose his favour, his house of work, and so decay my calling. O saith another, I would willingly go in this way, but for my Father, he chides and tells me, he will not stand my friend when I come to wants; I shall never enjoy a penyworth of his goods, he will disinherit me. And I dare not,