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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.
41. Those weapons and those instruments Of death, that others fright; Those dreadful fears and discontents That brings on some that night;
42. That never more shall have a day, Brings this man to that rest Which none can win but only they Whom God hath called, and blest
42. That never more shall have a day, Brings this man to that rest Which none can win but only they Whom God hath call'd, and blest
43. With the first fruits of saving grace, With faith, hope, love, and fear Him to offend; this man his face In visions high and clear,
44. Shall in that light which no Eye can Approach unto, behold The rays and beams of Glory, and Find there his Name enrolled
44. Shall in that light which no Eye can Approach unto, behold The rayes and beams of Glory, and Find there his Name inrol'd