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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
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.
No Drone must hide himself under those Eaves; Who sows not, will in Harvest Reap no Sheaves: The slothful man himself, may plainly see, The Honey's gotten by the working Be.
No Drone must hide himself under those Eaves; Who sows not, will in Harvest Reap no Sheaves: The sloathful man himself, may plainly see, The Honey's gotten by the working Bee.
But here's no work for Life, that's freely given; Meat, Drink, and Cloth, and Life, we have from Heaven; Work's here enjoined, 'cause it is a pleasure, •ice to suppress, and augment Heavenly Treasure; Moreover, 'tis to show, if men profess The Faith, and yet abide in Idleness, ⟨p. 47⟩Their Faith is vain, no man can ever prove He's right, but by the Faith that works by love.1
But here's no work for Life, that's freely given; Meat, Drink, and Cloth, and Life, we have from Heaven; Work's here enjoyned, 'cause it is a pleasure, •ice to suppress, and augment Heavenly Treasure; Moreover, 'tis to shew, if men profess The Faith, and yet abide in Idleness, ⟨p. 47⟩Their Faith is vain, no man can ever prove Hee's right, but by the Faith that works by love.1