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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
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.
Of Death.
1. Death, as a King Rampant and stout, The World he dare engage; He Conquers all, yea and doth rout The great, strong, wise, and sage.
1. DEath, as a King Rampant and stout, The World he dare ingage; He Conquers all, yea and doth rout The great, strong, wise, and sage.
2. No King so great, nor Prince so strong, But Death can make to yield, Yea, bind and lay them all along, And make them quit the Field.
3. Where are the Victors of the World, With all their men of might? Those that together Kingdoms hurled, By Death are put to flight.
3. Where are the Victors of the World, With all their men of might? Those that together Kingdoms hurl'd, By Death are put to flight.