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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.
79. Yea, 'tis not possible that they, Who then shall dwell on high, Should be content unless they may Dwell there eternally.
80. A thought of parting with this place, Would bitter all their sweet, And darkness put upon the Face Of all they there do meet.
80. But far from this, the Saints shall be, Their portion is the Lord, Whose face for ever they shall see, As saith the holy Word.
81. And that with everlasting peace, Joy, and felicity; From this time forth, they shall increase Unto Eternity.
81. And that with everlasting peace, Joy, and felicity; From this time forth, they shall encrease Unto Eternity.