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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.
But let me tell thee here is aggravation; The Angels, tho they did fall from their station Had not the caution thou hast had; they fell: This thou hast seen; and seeing, didst rebel.
One would a thought, the noise of this their Fall A warning, yea, a warning, and a call Should unto thee have been, to have a care Of falling too: O how then didst thou dare, Since God did not spare them, thus to presume To tempt him in his wrath, thee to consume.
One would a thought, the noyse of this their Fall A warning, yea, a warning, and a call Should unto thee have been, to have a care Of falling too: O how then didst thou dare, Since God did not spare them, thus to presume To tempt him in his wrath, thee to consume.
Nor did the Angels from a Jesus fall, Redeemed they were not from a state of thrall; ⟨p. 59⟩But thou! as one Redeemed, and that by Blood, Redemption hast despised; and the Mud Or Mire of thine own filth again embracest; A dying bleeding Jesus thou disgracest! What wilt thou do? seest not how thou hast trod Under thy foot, the very Son of God? O fearful hand of God! And fearful will Thy Doom be, when his wrath thy soul shall kill.1
Nor did the Angels from a Jesus fall, Redeem'd they were not from a state of thrall; ⟨p. 59⟩But thou! as one Redeem'd, and that by Blood, Redemption hast despised; and the Mud Or Mire of thine own filth again imbracest; A dying bleeding Jesus thou disgracest! What wilt thou do? see'st not how thou hast trod Under thy foot, the very Son of God? O fearful hand of God! And fearful will Thy Doom be, when his wrath thy soul shall kill.