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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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1. In that, Though he were rich, yet he became poor, that thou through his poverty might be made rich, 2 Cor. 8, 9. He laid aside his glory, John 17. and became a servant, Phil. 2. He left the company of Angels, and encountered with the devil, Luke 4. Mat. 4. He left heavens ease for a time to lie upon hard mountains, John 8. In a word, he became poorer then they that go with flail and rake; yea, then the very birds or foxes; and all to do thee good. Besides, consider a little of these unspeakable and intolerable slightings, and rejections, and the manifold abuses that came from man upon him. How he was falsely accused, being a sweet, harmless, and undefiled Lamb. How he was undervalued, so that a Murderer was counted less worthy of condemnation then he. Besides, how they mocked him, spat on him, beat him over the head with staves, had the hair plucked from his cheeks. I gave my back to the smiters, (saith he) and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting. ⟨p. 233⟩His head crowned with thorns, his hands pierced with nails, and his side with a spear; together, with how they used him, scourging him, and so miserably misusing him, that they had even spent him in a great measure before they did crucify him. Insomuch, that there was another fain for to carry his Cross.
1. In that, Though he were rich, yet he became poor, that thou through his poverty might be made rich, 2 Cor. 8, 9. He laid aside his glory, John 17. and became a servant, Phil. 2. He left the company of Angels, and incountred with the devil,