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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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Methinks to see how the great ones of the world will go strutting up and down the streets sometimes, it makes me wonder. Surely, they look upon themselves to be the only happy men, but it is because they judge according to outward appearance; they look upon themselves to be the only blessed men when the Lord knows, the generality ⟨p. 8⟩are left out of that blessed condition. Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called, 1 Cor. 1.26. Ah! did they that do now so brag, that no body dare scarce look on them, but believe this, it would make them hang down their heads, and cry, O give me a Lazarus portion.
Methinks to see how the great ones of the world will go strutting up and down the streets sometimes, it makes me wonder. Surely, they look upon themselves to be the onely happy men, but it is because they judge according to outward appearance; they look upon themselves to be the onely blessed men when the Lord knows, the generality ⟨p. 8⟩are left out of that blessed condition. Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called, 1 Cor. 1.26. Ah! did they that do now so brag, that no body dare scarce look on them, but believe this, it would make th•m hang down their heads, and cry, O give me a Lazarus portion.
I might here enlarge very much, but I shall not▪ only thus much I shall say to you that have much of this world; Have a care that you have not your portion in this world; take heed that it be not said to you hereafter, when you would very willingly have heaven. Remember in your life time you had your good things, in your life time you had your portion