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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.
42. We know there's neither flout nor frown That we now for him bear But will add to our heavenly Crown, When he comes in the Air.
43. When he our righteousness forth brings Bright shining as the day, And wipeth off those stand'rous things That Scorners on us lay.
44. We fell our earthly Happiness For heavenly house and home; We leave this world because 'tis less, And worse than that to come.
45. We change our drossy Dust for Gold, From Death to Life we fly: We let go Shadows and take hold Of Immortality.
45. We change our drossie Dust for Gold, From Death to Life we fly: We let go Shadows and take hold Of Immortality.