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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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I could put thee off with this answer, that though it be a Parable, yet it is a truth, and not a lie, and thou shalt find it so too, to thy cost, if thou shalt be found a slighter of God, Christ, and the salvation of thy own soul.
I could put thee off with this answer, that though it be a Parable, yet it is a truth, and not a lie, and thou shalt finde it so too, to thy cost, if thou shalt be found a slighter of God, Christ, and the salvation of thy own soul.
But secondly, know for certain, that the things signified by Parables, are wonderful realities. O what a glorious reality was there signified by that Parable! The kingdom of heaven is like to a net that is cast into the sea, &c. Signifying, that sinners of all sorts, of all Nations, should be brought into Gods kingdom, by the net of the ⟨image 24⟩Gospel. And O how real a thing shall the other part thereof be, when its fulfilled, which saith, And when it was full, they drew it to shore, and put the good into vessels, but threw the bad away; signifying the mansions of glory that the Saints should have, and also the rejection that God will give to the ungodly, and to sinners. And also that Parable, what a glorious reality is there in it, which saith, Except a corn of wheat fall to the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it doth bring forth much fruit. To signify, that unless Jesus Christ did indeed spill his blood, and die the cursed death, he should abide alone; that is, have never a soul into glory with him; but if he died, he should bring forth much fruit, that is, save many sinners. And also how real a truth there was in that Parable, concerning the Jews putting of Christ to death, which the poor dispersed Jews can best experience to their cost; for they have been almost ever since a banished people, ⟨image 24⟩and such as have had Gods sore displeasure wonderfully manifested against them, according to the truth of the Parable.*