A30168:1193
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.
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.
4. I take it kindly at thy hand Thou didst unto me write, My Feet upon Mount Sion stand, In that take thou delight.
5. I am (indeed) in Prison (now) In Body, but my Mind Is free to study Christ, and how Unto me he is kind.
6. For though men keep my outward man Within their Locks and Bars, Yet by the Faith of Christ I can Mount higher than the Stars.