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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.
38. No word, nor thought, nor act they did, But now is set in sight, Not one of them can now be hid, Memory gives them light.
39. On which the understanding still Will judge and sentence pass, This kills the mind, and wounds the will, Alas, alas, alas.
40. Oh, Conscience is the slaughter-shop, There hangs the Axe and Knife, 'Tis there the worm makes all things hot, And wearies out the life.
41. Here then is execution done On Body and on Soul, For Conscience will be bribed of none, But gives to all their doll.
41. Here then is execution done On Body and on Soul, For Conscience will be brib'd of none, But gives to all their doul.