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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
Introduction › Of Hell, and the Estate of those that perish.
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.
13. This burning Lake it is Gods wrath Incensed by the sin Of those who do reject his path, And wicked ways walk in.
14. Which wrath will so perplex all parts Of Body and of Soul, As if up to the very hearts In burnings they did roll.
14. Which wrath will so perplex all parts Of Body and of Soul, As if up to the very hearts In burnings they did roul.
15. Again, to show the stinking state Of this so sad a Case, Like burning Brimstone God doth make The hidings of his Face.
15. Again, to shew the stinking state Of this so sad a Case, Like burning Brimstone God doth make The hidings of his Face.
16. And truly as the steam and smoke, And flames of Brimstone smell, To blind the Eyes, and Stomach choke, So are the pangs of Hell.