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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.
62. They conquer when they thus do fall, They kill when they do dye: They overcome then most of all, And get the Victory.
63. The worldling understands not this, 'Tis clear out of his sight: Therefore he counts this world his bliss, And doth our Glory slight.
64. The Lubber knows not how to spring The nimble Foot-man's stage; Neither can Owls, or Jack-Daws sing If they were in the Cage.
65. The Swine doth not the Pearls regard, But them doth slight for Grains, Though the wise Merchant labours hard For them with greatest pains.