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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And thirdly, on this account, O how excellent are the Scriptures to thy soul! O how much virtue dost thou see in such a promise, in such an invitation! O sayest thou! there are some promises in the book of God that I have had nourishment from, and through Christ in them! O they are so large; they say Christ will in no wise cast me out! My crimson sins shall be white as snow. I tell thee friend there are some promises that the Lord hath helped me to lay hold of Jesus Christ through, and by, that I would not have out of the Bible, for as much Gold and Silver as can lie between York and London piled up to the stars. And why so? O because through them Christ is pleased by his Spirit, to convey comfort to my soul! O I say, when the law curses, when the Devil tempts, when hell-fire flames in my conscience, my sins with the guilt of them tearing of me, then is Christ revealed so sweetly to my poor soul ⟨p. 209⟩through the promises: that all is forced to fly and leave off to accuse my soul. So also, when the world frowns, when the enemies rage and threaten to knock me in the head, then also the precious, yea, the exceeding great and precious promises do weigh down all, and comfort the soul against all. This is the effect of believing the Scriptures savingly; for they that do so, have by and through the Scriptures good comfort, and also ground of hope. Rom. 15.4. believing those things to be its own which the Scriptures hold forth.
4. Examine, dost thou stand in awe of sinning against God, because he hath in the Scriptures commanded thee to abstain from it? Dost thou give diligence to make thy calling and election sure, because God commandeth it in Scripture? Dost thou examine thy self whether thou be in the faith or no, having a command in Scripture so to do? Or dost thou (notwithstanding what thou readest in the Scripture, follow the world; delight in sin; neglect coming to Jesus Christ; speak evil of the Saints; slight and make a mock at the ordinances of God, delight in wicked company, ⟨p. 210⟩