A30168:1187
One thing is needful, or, Serious meditations upon the four last things, death, judgment…
One thing is needful, or, Serious meditations upon the four last things, death, judgment [brace] and [brace] heaven, hell unto which is added Ebal and Gerizzim, or, The blessing and the curse : with prison meditations and a catalogue of all this author's books / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Nath. Ponder, 1683
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.
Prison-Meditations, Directed to the Heart of SUFFERING SAINTS AND REIGNING SINNERS: By JOHN BUNYAN, in Prison. 1665.
1. Friend, I salute thee in the Lord, And wish thou mayst abound In Faith, and have a good regard To keep on Holy Ground.
1. FRiend, I salute thee in the Lord, And wish thou may'st abound In Faith, and have a good regard To keep on Holy Ground.
2. Thou dost encourage me to hold My Head above the Flood, Thy Counsel better is than Gold, In need thereof I stood.
3. Good Counsel's good at any time, The Wise will it receive, Tho' Fools count he commits a Crime Who doth good Counsel give.
4. I take it kindly at thy hand Thou didst unto me write, My Feet upon Mount Zion stand, In that take thou delight.