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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.
38. 'Tis he who stands so much our friend, As shortly we shall see, With open face, World without end, And in his Presence be.
39. That Head that once was Crowned with Thorns, Shall now with Glory shine, That heart that broken was with Scorns, Shall flow with Life Divine.
39. That Head that once was Crown'd with Thorns, Shall now with Glory shine, That heart that broken was with Scorns, Shall flow with Life Divine.
40. That man that here met with disgrace, We there shall see so bright, That Angels can't behold his Face For its exceeding light.
41. What gladness will possess our heart, When we shall see these things; What Light, and Life in every part, Will rise like lasting springs.