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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.
46. That what to think, or what to do, Or where to lay their head, They know not; 'tis the damned's woe To live, and yet be dead.
46. That what to think, or what to do, Or where to lay their head, They know not; 'tis the damned's wo To live, and yet be dead.
47. These cast-aways would fain have life, But know they never shall, They would forget their dreadful plight, But that sticks fastest of all.
47. These cast-aways would fain have life, But know they never shall, They would forget their dreadful plight, But that sticks fast'st of all.
48. God, Christ, & Heaven, they know are best, Yet dare not on them think; The Saints they know in joys do rest, While they their tears do drink.
48. God, Christ, & Heav'n, they know are best, Yet dare not on them think; The Saints they know in joys do rest, While they their tears do drink.