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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 23
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.
And in hell he lift up his eyes.] The second thing I told you, was this, That all the ungodly that live and die in their sins, so soon as ever they depart this life, do descend into hell. This is also verified by the words in this parable, where Christ saith, He died and was buried, and ⟨p. 36⟩in hell he lift up his eyes. As the tree falls, so it shall lie, whether it be to heaven or hell. And as Christ said to the thief on the Cross, This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. Even so the devil in the like manner may say unto thy soul, To morrow shalt thou be with me in hell. See then what a miserable case he that dies in an unregenerate state is in; he departs from a long sickness to a longer hell; from the gripings of death to the everlasting torments of hell. And in hell he lift up his eyes. Ah Friends! if you were but your selves, you would have a care of your souls; if you did but regard you would see how mad they are that slight the salvation of their souls. O what will it profit thy soul to have pleasure in this life, and torments in hell; thou hadst better part with all thy sins and pleasures, and companions, or whatsoever thou delightest in, then to have soul and body to be cast into hell. O then, do not now neglect our Lord Jesus Christ, lest thou drop down to hell. Consider, would it not wound thee to thine heart, to come upon thy death-bed, and instead of having the comfort of a well-spent life, and the ⟨p. 37⟩merits of the Lord Jesus Christ, together with the comforts of his glorious Spirit: to have, first, the sight of an ill-spent life, thy sins flying in thy face, thy conscience uttering it self with thunderclaps against thee, the thoughts of God terrifying of thee, death with his merciless paw seizing upon thee, the devils standing ready to scramble for thy soul, and hell enlarging her self, and ready to swallow thee up; and eternity of misery and torment attending upon thee, from which there will be no release. For mark, death doth not come alone to an unconverted soul, but with such company, as wert thou but sensible of, it would make thee tremble. I pray consider that Scripture. Rev. 6.8. And I looked, and beheld a pale ho•se, and his name that sa• on him was Death, and hell followed with him. Mark, death doth not come alone to the ungodly; no, but hell goeth with im. O miserable comforters! O miserable society! here comes death and hell unto thee.