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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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Secondly, Then if the law thou readest of, tell thee in thy conscience, thou must do this and the other good work of the Law, if ever thou wilt be saved. Then answer plainly, that for thy part thou art resolved now not to work for life, but to believe in the virtue of that blood shed upon the Cross upon Mount Calvary, for the remission of sins: and yet, because Christ hath justified thee freely by his Grace, thou wilt serve him in Holiness and Righteousness all the days of thy life, yet not in a legal Spirit, or in a covenant of Works, but mine obedience (say thou) I will endeavour to have it free, and cheerful, out of love to my Lord Jesus.
Secondly, Then if the law thou readest of, tell thee in thy conscience, thou must do this and the other good work of the Law, if ever thou wilt be saved. Then answer plainly, that for thy part thou art resolved now not to work for life, but to believe in the vertue of that blood shed upon the Crosse upon Mount Calvary, for the remission of sins: and yet, because Christ hath justified thee freely by his Grace, thou wilt serve him in Holinesse and Righteousnesse all the dayes of thy life, yet not in a legall Spirit, or in a covenant of Works, but mine obedience (say thou) I will endeavour to have it free, and chearful, out of love to my Lord Jesus.
Thirdly, Have a care thou receive not this doctrine in the notion only, lest thou bring a just damnation upon thy soul, by professing thy self to be freed by Christs blood from the guilt of sin, while thou remainest still a servant to the filth of sin. For I must tell you, that unless you have the true and saving work of the Faith and Grace of the Gospel in your ⟨p. 250⟩hearts, you will either go on in a legal Holiness according to the tenor of the Law; or else through a notion of the Gospel (the Devil bewitching, and beguiling thy understanding, will, and affections) thou wilt Ranter-like turn the Grace of God into wantonness, and bring upon thy soul double, if not treble damnation, in that thou couldest not be contented to be damned for thy sins against the Law, but also to make ruin sure to thy soul: thou wouldest dishonour the Gospel, and turn the Grace of God held forth, and discovered to man by that into licentiousness.