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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.
The vilest men, of Sinners who are chief, A Fornicator, Liar, or a Thief, May turn in hither, here take up and dwell With those who ransomed are from Death and Hell1
The vilest men, of Sinners who are chief, A Fornicator, Lyar, or a Thief, May turn in hither, here take up and dwell With those who ransom'd are from Death and Hell1
2. This place, as Hospitals, will entertain, Those which the lofty of this World disdain: The Poor, the Lame, the Maimed, Halt and Blind, The Leprous, and Possessed too, may find Free welcome here, as also such relief As ease them will of Trouble, Pain and Grief.1
3. This place, as David's Heart, with free-consent Opes to the' Distressed, and the Discontent; Who is in Debt, that has not wherewithal To quit his Scores, may here be free from thrall; That Man that fears the Bailiff or the Jail, May find one here that will become his Bail.