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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.
8. Which they by dint of Sword have won, From their most daring foe; While he lies by as still as stone, Not knowing what they do.
8. Which they by dint of Sword have won, From their most daring foe; While he lyes by as still as stone, Not knowing what they do.
9. Beauty Death turns to rottenness, And Youth to wrinkled Face; ⟨p. 5⟩The Witty he brings to distress, And Wantons to disgrace.
9. Beauty Death turns to rottenness, And Youth to wrinckled Face; ⟨p. 5⟩The Witty he brings to distress, And Wantons to disgrace.
10. The wild he tames, and spoils the mirth Of all that wanton are, He takes the worldling from his worth, And poor man from his Care.