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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.
81. I envy now the happiness Of those that are in light, I hate the very name of bliss, 'Cause I have there no right.
82. I grieve to see that others are In glory, life, and well Without all fear, or dread, or care, While I am wrecked in Hell.
82. I grieve to see that others are In glory, life, and well Without all fear, or dread, or care, While I am wrackt in Hell.
83. Thus-will these Souls with watery eyes, And hacking of their Teeth, With wringing hands, and fearful cries, Expostulate their grief.
83. Thus-will these Souls with watry eyes, And hacking of their Teeth, With wringing hands, and fearful cries, Expostulate their grief.
84. O set their teeth they will, and gnash, And gnaw for very pain, While as with Scorpions God doth lash Them for their Life so vain.