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A77813 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. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 1658 (1658) Wing B5516; Thomason E1927_2; ESTC R210338 119,232 307

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parable_n for_o by_o this_o argument_n thou_o may_v also_o nay_o thou_o will_v slight_v almost_o all_o the_o thing_n that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n do_v speak_v for_o he_o speak_v they_o for_o the_o most_o part_n if_o not_o all_o in_o parable_n why_o shall_v it_o be_v say_v of_o thou_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o some_o these_o thing_n be_v speak_v to_o they_o that_o be_v without_o in_o parable_n that_o see_v they_o may_v not_o see_v and_o that_o hear_n they_o may_v not_o understand_v luke_n 8.10_o i_o say_v take_v heed_n of_o be_v a_o quarrel_n against_o christ_n parable_n lest_o christ_n also_o object_v against_o the_o salvation_n of_o
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5._o and_o yet_o how_o many_o poor_a soul_n be_v there_o in_o the_o world_n that_o stand_v in_o so_o much_o awe_n and_o dread_a of_o man_n and_o do_v so_o high_o esteem_v their_o favour_n that_o they_o will_v rather_o venture_v their_o soul_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o devil_n with_o their_o favour_n than_o they_o will_v fly_v to_o jesus_n christ_n for_o the_o salvation_n of_o their_o soul_n if_o they_o must_v lose_v their_o favour_n and_o have_v their_o frown_n and_o displeasure_n for_o the_o same_o nay_o though_o they_o be_v convince_v in_o their_o soul_n that_o the_o way_n be_v the_o way_n of_o god_n yet_o how_o do_v they_o labour_v to_o stisle_v conviction_n and_o turn_v their_o ear_n away_o from_o the_o truth_n and_o all_o because_o they_o will_v not_o lose_v the_o favour_n of_o a_o opposite_a neighbour_n oh_o i_o dare_v not_o for_o my_o master_n my_o brother_n my_o landlord_n i_o shall_v lose_v his_o favour_n his_o house_n of_o work_n and_o so_o decay_v my_o call_n o_o say_v 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often_o reprove_v heardn_v his_o neck_n shall_v sudden_o be_v destroy_v and_o that_o without_o remedy_n prov._n 29.1_o yet_o many_o be_v so_o far_o from_o turn_v though_o they_o have_v be_v convince_v of_o their_o wretched_a state_n a_o hundred_o time_n that_o when_o conviction_n or_o trouble_n for_o sin_n come_v on_o their_o conscience_n they_o go_v on_o still_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n resist_v and_o choke_v the_o same_o though_o remediless_a destruction_n be_v hard_o at_o their_o heel_n 3._o again_o thou_o have_v hear_v say_v unless_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v again_o he_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n joh._n 3.3_o 5_o 7._o and_o yet_o thou_o go_v on_o in_o a_o natural_a state_n a_o unregenerate_a condition_n nay_o thou_o do_v resolve_v never_o to_o turn_v nor_o be_v change_v though_o hell_n be_v appoint_v on_o purpose_n to_o swallow_v up_o such_o isa_n 14.9_o psal_n 9.17_o the_o wicked_a shall_v be_v turn_v into_o hell_n and_o all_o the_o nation_n that_o forget_v 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