Sighs from hell! or, the groans of a damned soul. Discovering, from Luke xvi. 19, &c the lamentable state of the damned. ... By Mr. John Bunyan, ...

by John Bunyan

minor shelf wear only

Genres: Christian

152 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1658

About the author

John Bunyan, a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), in the Parish of Elstow, England. He wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, arguably the most famous published Christian allegory. In the Church of England he is remembered with a Lesser Festival on 30 August.

Reviews

[Emilia Neidhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A masterful exposition of Jesus’ parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Jesus was the master storyteller, and Bunyan pulls no punches explaining what Jesus Himself says about hell. He pleads across the centuries to every sinner friend to accept the mercies of God before it’s too late in a bold, compassionate, and timeless way that will make your heart consider eternity seriously. I recommend this book especially to those who are anxious and wrestling with God.

[Jeremy Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve just read an unfortunate review on this book. The person writing said that Bunyan was mishandling the bible. This person was absolutely wrong. John Bunyan was taking the words and parable of Jesus and making it come to life using other biblical references to support the teaching on a subject that most people avoid or run away from. The subject of Hell. Bunyan’s work the Pilgrims progress is his best known and well loved book but in my humble opinion this book is far more important and should be read by far more people for two important reasons. 1. It would cause the reader to be deeply concerned about where they would spend eternity 2. It would caused the Christian reader to prayer earnestly for those to stay out of a lost eternity ( namely Hell). As you complete this book Bunyan would cause you to face the horrors of Hell and by the end he would show you clearly how to avoid such a place. The book ends with The GoodNews and the final words are “eternal comfort. “ I strongly recommend reading this book it brought me to tears as I prayed. The damned in hell can never have a prayer answered it is up to the living ( you and me) to pray for those in the world that God would speak to them through his word and cause many to avoid that place where the worm does not die and the fire is not quench and where the full weight of Gods anger is poured…Hell.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

Shows the bad side of Bunyan, a dogmatic and unrelentingly judgemental reading of The Bible. He revels in the coming eternal damnation of so-called sinners. He was far better working in the imagination than he was as a theologian.

[Nicole]

On my shelf, it's under the title "Groans of a lost soul"