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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.
74. I took thee for some peevish foe, When thou didst me accuse, Therefore I did thee buffet so, And counsel did refuse.
75. Thou often didst me tidings bring, How God did me dislike, Because I took delight in Sin, But I thy News did slight.
76. Ah Mind, why didst thou do those things That now do work my woe! ⟨p. 44⟩Ah, Will, why wast thou thus inclined Me ever to undo!
76. Ah Mind, why didst thou do those things That now do work my woe! ⟨p. 44⟩Ah, Will, why wast thou thus inclin'd Me ever to undo!
77. My Senses, how were you beguiled! When you said sin was good! It hath in all parts me defiled, And drowned me like a flood.