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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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5. That which is worse then all the rest thou shalt have the very mercy of God, the blood of Christ, the preachers of the word, together with every Sermon, all the promises, invitations, exhortations, and all the counsels and threatenings of the blessed word of God: Nay, besides, thou shalt have all thy thoughts words and actions, together with all thy food, thy raiment, thy sleep, thy goods, and also all hours, days, weeks, months, and years, together with whatsoever else God hath given the•e, I say, thy abuse of all these shall ⟨p. 223⟩come up in judgement against thy soul. For God will reckon with thee for every thing, whether it be good or bad, Eccles. 12.14.
5. That which is worse then all the rest thou shalt have the very mercy of God, the blood of Christ, the preachers of the word, together with every Sermon, all the promises, invitations, exhortations, and all the counsels and threatnings of the blessed word of God: Nay, besides, thou shalt have all thy thoughts words and actions, together with all thy food, thy raiment, thy sleep, thy goods, and also all hours, dayes, weeks, moneths, and years, together with whatsoever else God hath given the•e, I say, thy abuse of all these shall ⟨p. 223⟩come up in judgement against thy soul. For God will reckon with thee for every thing, whether it be good or bad, Eccles. 12.14.
Again. 7. Thy damnation will be worse then the damnation of the very devils, forasmuch as thou wilt have not only the law from God as a Creator (which they also had) to answer for the breach of; But thou wilt have thy rejection of the tenders of the glorious Gospel of the glorious Lord Jesus to answer for, (as I said before) which sin the devil was never in a capacity to commit, inasmuch as he never had the Gospel tendered to him. But thou vile wretch hast had it over and over, once and again, time after time, and that with entreaties, beseechings, wishings and wooings, by one messengers after another, and yet hast rejected. O wonderful calamity that is coming upon thee! For first, thou shalt fall into endless torment. Secondly, thou shalt groan and weep to see for what thou hast brought thy self into such a sad and miserable condition. Thirdly, thou shalt weep to think that weeping and repenting will do thee no good. Fourthly, thou shalt see thy