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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.
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:
As it is said, This mischief to prevent, Let all men watch, yea, and be diligent Observers of its motions, and then fly, This is the way to live, and not to die. ☞ He that would never fall, must never slip, Who would obey the Call, must fear the Whip.
As it is said, This mischief to prevent, Let all men watch, yea, and be diligent Observers of its motions, and then flie, This is the way to live, and not to die. ☞ He that would never fall, must never slip, Who would obey the Call, must fear the Whip.
God would also that every stander by, That in the Grass doth see the Adder lie, Should cry as he did, Death is in the Pot, That many by its Poison, perish not.