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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.
24. Thou that didst once incline thine Ear Unto the Song and Tale, Shall only now Death's Message hear, While he with Face most pale,
24. Thou that did'st once encline thine Ear Unto the Song and Tale, Shall only now Death's Message hear, While he with Face most pale,
25. Doth reason with thee how thy days Hath hitherto been spent; And what have been thy deeds and ways, Since God thee time hath lent.
26. Then will he so begin to tear Thy Body from thy Soul, And both from Life, if now thy Care Be not on Grace to roll.
27. Death puts on things another face Than we in health do see: Sin, Satan, Hell, Death, Life, and Grace Now great and weighty be.