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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.
20. Then will he cut thy silver Cord, And break thy Golden Bowl, Yea, break that Pitcher which the Lord Made Cabin for thy Soul.
21. Thine Eyes that now are quick of sight, Shall then no way espy, How to escape this doleful plight, For Death will make thee dye.
22. Those Legs that now can nimbly run, Shall then with faintness fail ⟨p. 7⟩To take one step Death's Dart to shun, When he doth thee assail.
23. That Tongue that now can boast and brag, Shall then by Death be tied So fast, as not to speak or wag, Though Death lies by thy side.
23. That Tongue that now can boast and brag, Shall then by Death be ty'd So fast, as not to speak or wag, Though Death lyes by thy side.