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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.
18. This burning cannot quenched be, No, not with tears of blood, No mournful groans in misery Will here do any good.
19. O damned Men! this is your fate, The day of Grace is done, Repentance now doth come too late, Mercy is fled and gone.
20. Your groans and cries they sooner should Have sounded in mine ears, If Grace you would have had, or would Have me regard your tears.
21. Me you offended with your sin, Instructions you did slight, Your sins against my Law hath bin, Justice shall have his right.
22. I gave my Son to do you good, I gave you space and time With him to close, which you withstood, And did with Hell combine.