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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.
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.
23. Justice against you now is set, Which you cannot appease; Eternal Justice doth you let From either life or ease.
24. Thus he that to this place doth come, May groan, and sigh, and weep; ⟨p. 36⟩But sin hath made that place his home, And there it will him keep.