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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.
9. These Heavens we see be as a scroll, Or garment folded up, Before they do together role, And we called in to sup
9. These Heav'ns we see be as a scrole, Or garment folded up, Before they do together role, And we call'd in to sup
10. There with the King, the Bridegroom, and By him are led into His Palace-Chambers, there to stand With his Prospect to view,
11. And taste, and smell, and be inflamed, And ravished to see The buildings he hath for us framed, How full of Heaven they be.
11. And taste, and smell, and be inflam'd, And ravished to see The buildings he hath for us fram'd, How full of Heav'n they be.
12. Its state also is marvellous For beauty to behold, All goodness there is plenteous, And better far than Gold,