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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.
This is the House of God, his Dwelling-place, 'Tis here that we behold his lovely Face; But if it should polluted be with Sin, And so abide, he quickly will begin To leave it desolate, and then woe to it, Sin and his Absence quickly will undo it.1
This is the House of God, his Dwelling-place, 'Tis here that we behold his lovely Face; But if it should polluted be with Sin, And so abide, he quickly will begin To leave it desolate, and then wo to it, Sin and his Absence quickly will undo it.1
And since Sin is, of things the worst of all, And watcheth like a Serpent on a Wall; Or flieth like an Eagle in the Air, Or runs as desperate Ships, void of all care; ⟨p. 48⟩Or (as great Solomon hath wisely said) Is as the way of Wantons with a Maid, Who tick, and toy, and with a tempting giggle Provoke to lust, and by degrees, so wriggle Them into their affections, that they go The way to death, so do themselves undo:
And since Sin is, of things the worst of all, And watcheth like a Serpent on a Wall; Or flyeth like an Eagle in the Air, Or runs as desperate Ships, void of all care; ⟨p. 48⟩Or (as great Solomon hath wisely said) Is as the way of Wantons with a Maid, Who tick, and toy, and with a tempting giggle Provoke to lust, and by degrees, so wriggle Them into their affections, that they go The way to death, so do themselves undo: