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A30159 Instruction for the ignorant being a salve to cure that great want of knowledg which so much reigns both in young and old / prepared and presented to them in a plain and easie dialogue, fitted to the capacity of the weakest, by John Bunyan. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 1675 (1675) Wing B5544; ESTC R36061 26,724 65

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of old was without the City and as the Gallows and Gibbets are builded without the Towns so Christ hath ordered that they who are to be punished with this kind of Torment shall be taken away Take hm away saith he out of this World and cast him into utter darkness and let him have his punishment there there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth Besides Faith is not to be wrought by looking into Hell and seeing the damned tormented before our Eyes but by hearing the Word of God for he that shall not believe Moses and the Prophets will not be perswaded should one come from the dead yea should one come to them in flames to perswade them Mat. 22.13 Rom. 10.17 Luk. 16.27 28 29 30 31. Q. Are there degrees of torment in Hell A. Yes for God will reward every one according to their works Wo to the wicked it shall go ill with him for the reward of his hands shall be given him Isa 3.11 Q. Who are like to be most punished there Men or Children A. The punishment in Hell comes not upon sinners according to age but sin so that whether they be Men or Children the greater sin the greater punishment for there is no respect of persons with God Rom. 2.11 Q. How do you distinguish between great sins and little ones A. By their Nature and by the Circumstances that attend them Q. What do you mean by their Nature A. I mean when they are very gross in themselves 2 Chron. 33.2 Ezek. 16.42 Q. What kind of sins are the greatest A. Adultery Fornication Murder Theft Swearing Lying Covetousness Witchcraft Sedition Heresies or any the like 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Ephes 5.3 4 5 6. Col. 3.5 6. Gal. 5.19 20 21. Rev. 21.8 Q. What do you mean by Circumstances that attend sin A. I mean Light Knowledg the Preaching of the Word Godly Acquaintance timely Cautions c. Q. Will these make an alteration in the sin A. These things attending sinners will make little sins great yea greater than greater sins that are commited in grossest Ignorance Q. How do you prove that A. Sodom and Gomorrah wallowed in all or most of those gross Transgressions above-mentioned yea they were said to be sinners exceedingly they lived in such sins as may not be spoken of without blushing and yet God swears that Israel his Church had done worse than they and the Lord Jesus also seconds it in that Threatning of his I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for thee Ezek. 16.48 Mat. 11.24 Luk. 10.12 Q. And was this the reason namely because they had such circumstances attending them as Sodom had not A. Yes as will plainly appear if you read the three Chapters above mentioned Q. When do I sin against Light and Knowledg A. When you sin against convictions of Conscience when you sin against a known Law of God when you sin against Counsels and disswasion of Friends then you sin against Light and Knowledg Rom. 1.32 Q. When do I sin against Preaching of the Word A. When you refuse to hear God's Ministers or hearing them refuse to follow their wholsome Doctrine 2 Chron 36.16 Jer. 25.4 7. chap. 35.15 Q. When else do I sin against the Preaching of the Word A. When you mock or despise or reproach the Ministers also when you raise lies and scandals of them or receive such lies or scandals raised you then also sin against the preaching of the Word when you Persecute them that Preach it or are secretly glad to see them so used 2 Chron. 30.1 10. Rom. 3.8 Jer. 20.10 1 Thes 2.15 16. Q. How will godly acquaintance greaten my sin A. When you sin against their Counsels Warnings or Perswasions to the contrary also when their lives and conversations are reproof to you and yet against all you will sin Thus sinned Ishmael Esau Eli's sons Absolom and Judas they had good Company good Counsels and a good life set before them by their godly Acquaintance but they sinned against all and their Judgment was the greater Ishmael was cast away Esau hated Eli's sons died suddenly Absolom and Judas were both strangely hanged Gen. 21.10 Gal. 4.30 Mal. 1.2 1 Sam. 2.20 25. 2 Sam. 16. Q. Are sins thus heightned distinguished from others by any special name A. Yes they are called Rebellion and are compared to the sin of Witchcraft they are called wilful sin they are called Briers and Thorns and they that bring them forth are nigh unto Cursing whose end is to be burned 1 Sam. 15.23 Heb. 10.26 chap 6.7 8. Q. Are there any other things that can make little sins great ones A. Yes As when you sin against the Judgments of God As for example you see the Judgments of God come upon some for their transgressions and you go on in their iniquities also when you sin against the Patience Long-suffering and Forbearance of God this will make little sins great ones Dan. 5. Q. Did ever God punish little Children for sin against him A. Yes When the Flood came he drowned all the little Children that were in the old World he also burned up all the little Children which were in Sodom and because upon a time the little Children at Bethel mocked the Prophet as he was a-going to worship God God let loose two she-Bears upon them which tore forty and two of them to pieces 2 King 2.22 23. Q. Alas What shall we little Children do A. Either go on in your sins or remember now your Creator in the days of your Youth before the evil dayes come Eccles 12.1 Q. Why do you mock us to bid us go on in our sins you had need pray for us that God would save us A. I do not mock you but as the wise-man doth and besides I pray for you and wish your Salvation Q. How doth the wise-man mock us A. Thus Rejoice O young man in thy Youth and let thy heart chear thee in the days of thy Youth and walk in the ways of thy heart and in the sight of thine Eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee to Judgment Eccles 11.9 Q. What a kind of mocking is this A. Such an one as is mixed with the greatest seriousness as if he should say I do sinners go on in your sins if you dare do live in your vanities but God will have a time to judg you for them Q. Is not this just as when my Father bids me be naught if I will but if I be naught he will beat me for it A. Yes or like that saying of Joshua If it seem evil to you to serve the Lord chuse you this day whom you will serve serve your sins at your peril Josh 24.15 Q. Is it not best then for me to serve God A. Yes for they that serve the Devil must be where he is and they that serve God and Christ must be where they are Joh. 12.16 Mat. 25.41 Q. But when had I