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.The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God, Psal. 9.17.And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire, Revel. 20.15.London, Printed by Ralph Wood, for M. Wright, at the Kings Head in the Old Bailey, 1658.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.The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God, Psal. 9.17.And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire, Revel. 20.15.London, Printed by Ralph Wood, for M. Wright, at the Kings Head in the Old Bailey, 1658.Title page of A few sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul. Or, An…, London, 1658A few sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul. Or, An…John Bunyan, 1658

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Ver. 28. For I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Ver. 28. For I have five brethren, that he may testifie unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

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These words are [if I may so say] a reason given by those in hell, why they are so restless, and do cry so loud, it is that their companions might be delivered from those intolerable torments which they must and shall undergo if they fall short of everlasting life by Jesus Christ. Send him to my fathers house, for I have five brethren, &c. Though while they lived among them in the world they were not so sensible of their ruin, yet now they are passed out of the world and do partake of that which before they were warned of, they can I say, then cry out, now I find that to be true indeed which was once and again told and declared to me that it would certainly come to pass.

THese words are [if I may so say] a reason given by those in hell, why they are so restless, and do cry so loud, it is that their companions might be delivered from those intollerable torments which they must and shall undergo if they fall short of everlasting life by Jesus Christ. Send him to my fathers house, for I have five brethren, &c. Though while they lived among them in the world they were not so sensible of their ruine, yet now they are passed out of the world and do partake of that which before they were warned of, they can I say, then cry out, now I find that to be true indeed which was once and again told and declared to me that it would certainly come to pass.

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For I have five brethren] Here you may see that there may be, and are, whole households in a damnable state & ⟨p. 111⟩condition, as our Lord Jesus doth by this signify. Send him to my fathers house, for they are all in one state, I left all my brethren in a pitiful case. People while they live here cannot endure to hear that they should be all in a miserable condition; but when they are under the wrath of God, they see it, they know it, and are very sure of it, for they themselves when they were in the world lived as they do, but they fell short of heaven, and therefore if they go on, so shall they. Oh therefore send him quickly to my fathers house, for all the house is in an undone condition, and must be damned if they continue so. The thing observable is this, namely, that those that are in hell, do not desire that their companions should come thither; nay rather saith he, send him to my fathers house, and let him testify to them that are therein, lest they also come, &c.

Verse 28

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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.

:209p. 110

Ver. 28. For I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Ver. 28. For I have five brethren, that he may testifie unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

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