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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 31
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The Apostle Peter when he speaks of the glorious voice that he had from the excellent Majesty, saying of Christ, This is my beloved Son, hear him, saith thus to them whom he wrote unto; You have also a more sure word of prophecy (or of the prophets, for so you may read it) unto which you do well that you take heed. That is, though we tell you that we had his excellent testimony from his own mouth, evidently, yet you have the prophets: we tell you this, and you need not doubt of the truth of it, but if you should, yet you may not, must not, ought not, to question them, Search therefore unto them until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts. That is, until by the same spirit that gave ⟨p. 193⟩forth the Scripture, you find the truth confirmed to your souls which you have recorded in the Scriptures. That this word of prophecy, or of the prophets, is the Scriptures, read on. For (saith he) knowing this first that no prophecy of the Scriptures, is of any private interpretation, &c. 2 Pet. 1.18, 19, 20. But you will say, What needs all this ado, and why is all this time and pains spent in speaking to this that is surely believed already? This is a thing received by all, that they believe the Scriptures to be the word of God, that sure word of prophecy, and therefore you need not spend your time in proving these things and the truth of them seeing we grant and confess the truth of it before you begin to speak your judgement of them.
Answ. The truths of God cannot be borne witness unto too often, you may as well say, You need not preach Jesus Christ so much, seeing he hath been and is received for the true Messiah already.
Answ. The truths of God cannot be borne witness unto too often, you may as well say, You need not preach Jesus Christ so much, seeing he hath been and is received for the true Messias already.