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

Verse 31

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Ver. 31. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rise from the dead.

Ver. 31. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rise from the dead.

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And he said] That is, and God made answer to the words spoken in the verse before, And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses. &c. As if he had said, Moses was a man of great renown, A man of worthy note, A man that talked with God face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend; The words that Moses spake were such as I commanded him to speak. Let who will question them, I will own them, credit them, ⟨p. 186⟩bless them that close in with them, and curse those that reject them.

ANd he said] That is, and God made answer to the words spoken in the verse before, And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses. &c. As if he had said, Moses was a man of great renown, A man of worthy note, A man that talked with God face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend; The words that Moses spake were such as I commanded him to speak. Let who will question them, I will own them, credit them, ⟨p. 186⟩bless them that close in with them, and curse those that reject them.

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I my self sent the prophets they did not run of their own heads: I gave them commission: I thrust them out, and told them what they should say. In a word, they have told the world what my mind is to do both to sinners and to saints. They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them. Therefore he that shall reject and turn his back either upon the threatenings, counsels, admonitions, invitations, promises, or whatsoever else I have commanded them to speak, as to salvation and life, and to directions therein, shall be sure to have a share in the many curses, that they have spoken, and the destruction that is pronounced by them.

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