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 23

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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.

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Verse 23. And in hell he lift up his ••es being in torment, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Verse 23. And in hell he lift up his ••es being in torment, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosome.

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The former verse speaks only of the departure of the ungodly out of this life, together with the glorious conduct that the godly have into the kingdom of their Father. Now our Lord doth show in this verse, partly, what doth, and shall befall to the reprobate after this life is ended, where he saith, And in hell he lift up his eyes.] That is, the ungodly after they depart this life, do lift up their eyes in hell. From these words may be observed these things.

THe former verse speaks onely of the departure of the ungodly out of this life, together with the glorious conduct that the godly have into the kingdome of their Father. Now our Lord doth shew in this verse, partly, what doth, and shall befall to the reprobate after this life is ended, where he saith, And in hell he lift up his eyes.] That is, the ungodly after they depart this life, do lift up their eyes in hell. From these words may be observed these things.

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1. That there is an hell for souls to be tormented in when this life is ended. Mark, after he was dead and buried. In hell he lift up his eyes.

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2. That all that are ungodly, and do live and die in their sins, so soon as ever they die they go into hell: he died,

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