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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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4. Doest thou believe the Scriptures to be the word of God? Then thou standest in awe of, and dost much reverence them. Why, they are the word of God, the true sayings of God; they are the counsel of God; they are his promises and his threatenings. 'Tis like, poor souls are apt to think, If I could hear God speak to me from heaven with an audible voice, then sure, say they, I should be serious, and sure I should believe it. But truly if God should speak to thee from heaven except thou wert converted, thou wouldest not regard nor really believe him. But if thou doest believe the Scriptures thou seest that they are the truth, as really as if God should speak to thee from heaven through the clouds, and therefore never flatter thy self, foolishly thinking, that if it were so, and so, then thou couldest believe. I tell thee, saith Christ, If they believe not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they believe though one should rise from the dead. But,
4. Doest thou believe the Scriptures to be the word of God? Then thou standest in aw of, and dost much reverence them. Why, they are the word of God, the true sayings of God; they are the counsel of God; they are his promises and his threatnings. 'Tis like, poor souls are apt to think, If I could hear God speak to me from heaven with an audible voice, then sure, say they, I should be serious, and sure I should believe it. But truly if God should speak to thee from heaven except thou wert converted, thou wouldest not regard nor really believe him. But if thou doest believe the Scriptures thou seest that they are the truth, as really as if God should speak to thee from heaven through the clouds, and therefore never flatter thy self, foolishly thinking, that if it were so, and so, then thou couldest believe. I tell thee, saith Christ, If they believe not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they believe though one should rise from the dead. But,
5. Doest thou believe the Scripture to be the word of God? Then through ⟨p. 203⟩faith in Christ, thou endeavourest to have thy life squared according to the Scriptures, both in word and practice. Nay, this, I say, thou mayest have, though thou do not believe them all. My meaning is, that if thou believe none but the ten Commandments, thy life may be according to them a legal holy life: and if thou do believe the Gospel too, then thy life will be the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ; that is, either thou wilt live in the blessed and holy enjoyment of what is testified in the Scripture concerning the glorious things of the Lord Jesus Christ, or else, thou wilt be exceedingly panting after them. For the Scriptures carry such a blessed beauty in them to that soul that hath faith in the things contained in them, that they do take the heart and captivate the soul of him that believeth them, into the love and liking of them.