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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. 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⟩and the like. Then know that it is because thou dost not indeed and in truth believe the Scriptures effectually. For as I said before, if a man do believe them, and that savingly, O then he stands in awe, he looks to his steps, he turns his feet from evil, and endeavours to follow that which is good, which God hath commanded in the Scriptures of truth; yet not from a legal or natural principle, that is, to seek for life by doing that good thing, but knowing that salvation is already obtained for him, by the blood of that man Christ Jesus on the Cross, because he believes the Scriptures; therefore (mark I pray) therefore I say, he labours to walk with his God, in all well pleasing and godliness because the sweet power of the loves of Christ which he feels in his soul by the Spirit according to the Scriptures, constrain him so to do, 2 Cor. 5.14.
4. Examine, dost thou stand in aw 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⟩and the like. Then know that it is because thou dost not indeed and in truth believe the Scriptures effectually. For as I said before, if a man do believe them, and that savingly, O then he stands in aw, he looks to his steps, he turns his feet from evil, and endeavours to follow that which is good, which God hath commanded in the Scriptures of truth; yet not from a legal or natural principle, that is, to seek for life by doing that good thing, but knowing that salvation is already obtained for him, by the blood of that man Christ Jesus on the Cross, because he believes the Scriptures; therefore (mark I pray) therefore I say, he labours to walk with his God, in all well pleasing and godliness because the sweet power of the loves of Christ which he feels in his soul by the Spirit according to the Scriptures, constrain him so to do,