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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.
49. I am most free, that Men should see A hole cut through mine Ear; If others will ascertain me They'll hang a Jewel there.
50. Just thus it is, we suffer here For him a little pain, Who, when he doth again appear Will with him let us reign.
51. If all must either dye for sin A Death that's natural; Or else for Christ, 'tis best with him, Who for the last doth fall.
52. Who now dare say, we throw away Our Goods or Liberty, When God's most holy Word doth say We gain thus much thereby.