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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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2. Have a care, that thou own the whole Scripture, and not own one part, and neglect another, or slight it, as thus. To own the law, and slight the Gospel; or to think that thou must be ⟨p. 247⟩saved by thy good doing and works, for that is all one, as if thou diddest thrust Christ away from thee; or else so to own the Gospel, as if by it thou wert exempted from all obedience to the ten Commandments, and conformity to the Law in life and conversation. For in so doing thou wilt for certain make sure of eternal vengeance.
2. Have a care, that thou own the whole Scripture, and not own one part, and neglect another, or slight it, as thus. To own the law, and slight the Gospel; or to think that thou must be ⟨p. 247⟩saved by thy good doing and works, for that is all one, as if thou diddest thrust Christ away from thee; or else so to own the Gospel, as if by it thou wert exempted from all obedience to the ten Commandments, and conformity to the Law in life and conversation. For in so doing thou wilt for certain make sure of eternall vengeance.
Thirdly, have a care that thou put not wrong names on the things contained in the Scriptures, as to call the Law Christ, and Christ the Law. For some having done so (in my knowledge) have so darkened to themselves the glorious truths of the Gospel, that in a very little time they have been resolved to thwart and oppose them, and so have made room in their own souls for the Devil to inhabit, and obtained a place in hell for their own souls, to be tormented for ever and ever.
Against this danger therefore in reading and receiving the testimony of Scripture, learn to distinguish between the Law and the Gospel, and to keep