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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.
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.
11. Death favours none, he lays at all, Of all sorts and degree; Both Old and Young, both great and small, Rich, Poor, and bound, and free.
12. No fawning Words will flatter him, Nor Threatenings make him start; He favours none for worth or kin, All must taste of his Dart.
12. No fawning Words will flatter him, Nor Threatnings make him start; He favours none for worth or kin, All must taste of his Dart.
13. What shall I say, the Graves declare That Death shall Conquer all; There lye the skulls, dust, bones, and there The Mighty daily fall.
13. What shall I say, the Graves declare That Death shall Conquer all; There lye the skuls, dust, bones, and there The Mighty daily fall.