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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 22
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But it may be objected, if the godly do die as well as the wicked, and if the saints must appear before the judgement ⟨p. 27⟩seat as well as the sinners; then what advantage have the godly more then the ungodly, and how can the Saints be in a better condition then the wicked?
Answ. Read the 22th. verse over again, and you shall find a marvellous difference between them, as much as is between heaven and hell, everlasting joy, and everlasting torment; for you find, that when the beggar died, which represents the godly. He was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom, or into everlasting joy;* but the ungodly are not so, but are hurried by the devils into the bottomless pit: for he saith, And in hell he lift up his eyes. When the ungodly do die, their misery beginneth; for then appear the devils, like so many lions, waiting every moment till the soul depart from the body. Sometimes they are very visible to the dying party, but sometimes more invisible; but always this is certain, they never miss of the soul, if it do die out of the Lord Jesus Christ, but do hale it away to the prison, as I said before, there to be tormented, and reserved until that great and general day of judgement, at which day they ⟨p. 28⟩must body and soul receive a final sentence from the righteous Judge, and from that time be shut out from the presence of God into everlasting woe and distress. But the godly, when the time of their departure is at hand, then also are the Angels of the Lord at hand; yea, they are ready waiting upon the soul to conduct it safely into Abraham's bosom. I do not say, but the devils are oft times very busy doubtless, and attending the Saints in their sickness; I, and no question but they would willingly deprive the soul of glory. But here is the comfort, as the devils come from hell to devour the soul, (if it be possible, at its departure) so the Angels of the Lord come from heaven to watch over and conduct the soul (in spite of the devil) safe into Abraham's bosom.