A30168:1203
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.
13. I hear them sigh and groan, and cry, For Grace to God above; They loath their sin, and to it dye, 'Tis Holiness they love.
14. This was the work I was about, When Hands on me they laid, 'Twas this from which they plucked me out, And vilely to me said,
14. This was the work I was about, When Hands on me they laid, 'Twas this from which they pluck'd me out, And vilely to me said,
15. You Heretic, Deceiver, come To Prison you must go, You preach abroad, and keep not home, You are the Churches foe.
15. You Heretick, Deceiver, come To Prison you must go, You preach abroad, and keep not home, You are the Churches foe.
16. But having Peace within my Soul, And Truth on every side, I could with comfort them control, And at their charge deride.