one ungodly first And so by him crave pardon for thy sin Which thou hast loved and hast lived in For this cannot at all forgiven be For any righteousness that is in thee Because the best thou hast is filthy raggs Prophane presumptuous and most beastly braggs Of Flesh and Blood which always cross doth lye To God to Grace and thy Felicity Then Righteousness imputed thou must have Thee from that guilt and punishment to save Thou lyest under as a sinful man Throughout polluted and that never can By any other means acquitted be Or ever have true holiness in thee The reason is because all Graces are Only in Christ and be infused where Or into those whom he doth justifie By what himself hath done that he thereby Might be the whole of all that happiness The Sinner shall enjoy here and in Bliss Besides if Holiness should first be found In those whom God doth pardon then the ground Why we forgiven are would seem to be He first found Holiness in thee and me But this the Holy Scriptures will refute And prove that Righteousness he doth impute Without respect to goodness first in man For to speak Truth indeed no goodness can Be found in those that underneath the Law Do stand For if God Goodness in them saw Why doth he once and twice say Ther 's is none That Righteous be no not so much as one None understandeth none seek after God His ways they have not known but have abode In Wickedness unprofitable they Must needs appear to be then every way Their Throats an open Sepulchre also Their Mouths are full of filthy Cursings too And bitterness yea underneath their Lips The Asp hath Poyson O how many slips And falls in Sin must such poor People have Now where 's the Holiness that should them save Or as a preparation go before To move God to do for them less or more No Grace must on thee Righteousness bestow Or else Sin will for ever thee undo Sweet Paul this Doctrine also doth express Where he saith Some may have a Righteousness Though Works they have not and it thus may stand Grace by the promise gives what the command Requireth us to do and so are we Quitted from doing and by Grace made free Now then if Holiness thou would'st obtain And would'st a tender Christian-man remain Keep Faith in action let that Righteousness That Christ fulfilled always have express And clear distinction in thy Heart from all That Men by Scripture or besides it call Inherent Gospel-holiness or what Terms else they please to give it for 't is that And that alone by which all Graces come Into the Heart for else there is no room For ought but pride presumption or despair No love or other Graces can be there Received you the Spirit saith St. Paul By hearing Faith or Works not Works and shall No ways retain the same except you do Hear Faith imbrace the same and stick thereto The word of Faith unto me pardon brings Shews me the ground and reason whence it springs To wit free grace which moved God to give His Son to dye and bleed that I might live This word doth also loudly preach to me Though I a miserable sinner be Yet in this Son of God I stand compleat Whose righteousness is without all deceit 'T is that which God himself delighteth in And that by which all his have saved been When I do this begin to apprehend My Heart my Soul and Mind begins to bend To God-ward and sincerely for to love His Son his Ways his People and to move With brokenness of Spirit after him Who broken was and killed for my sin Now is mine heart grown holy now it cleaves To Jesus Christ my Lord and now it leaves Those ways that wicked be it mourns because It can conform no more unto the Laws Of God who loved me when I was vile And of sweet Jesus who did reconcile Me unto Justice by his precious blood When no way else was left to do me good If you would know how this can operate Thus on the Soul I shall to you relate A little farther what my Soul hath seen Since I have with the Lord acquainted been The word of Grace when it doth rightly seize The Spirit of a man and so at ease Doth set the Soul the Spirit of the Lord Doth then with might accompany the Word In which it sets forth Christ as crucifi'd And by that means the Father pacifi'd With such a wretch as thou and by this fight Thy guilt is in the first place put to flight For thus the Spirit doth expostulate Behold how God doth now communicate By changing of the person grace to thee A sinner but to Christ great misery Though he the just one was and so could not Deserve this punishment behold then what The love of God is how 't is manifest And where the reason lyes that thou art blest This Doctrine being spoken to the heart Which also is made yield to every part Thereof it doth the same with sweetness fill And so doth sins and wickednesses kill For when the love of God is thus reveal'd And thy poor drooping Spirit thereby seal'd And when thy heart as dry ground drinks this in Unto the roots thereof which nourish sin It smites them as the worm did Jonah's Gourd And makes them dwindle of their own accord And dye away instead of which there springs Up Life and Love and other holy things Besides the holy Spirit now is come And takes possession of thee as its home By which a war maintained always is Against the old man and the deeds of his When God at first upon Mount Sinai spake He made his very servant Moses quake But when he heard the Law the second time His heart was comforted his face did shine What was the reason of this difference Seeing no change was in the ordinance Although a change was in the manner when The second time he gave it unto Men. At first 't was given in Severity In Thunder Blackness Darkness Tempest high In fiery Flames it was delivered This struck both Moses and the Host as dead But Moses when he went into the Mount The second Time upon the same account No fear nor dread nor shaking of his Mind Do we in all the Holy Scripture find But rather in his Spirit he had rest And look'd upon himself as greatly blest He was put in the Rock he heard the Name Which on the Mount the Lord did thus proclaim The Lord merciful gracious and more Long-suffering and keeping up in store Mercy for thousands pardoning these things Iniquity Transgressions and Sins And holding guilty none but such as still Refuse forgiveness of rebellious will This Proclamation better pleased him Than all the Thunder and the Light'ning Which shook the Mount this rid him of his fear This made him bend make haste worship there Jehosaphat when he was sore opprest By Amon and by Moab and the rest Of
Which now for sin they have O wantons take heed what ye do Sin will you never save 94. They sooner may drink up the Sea Than shake off these their fears Or make another in one day As big with brinish tears 95. Than put an end to misery In which they now do roar Or help themselves no they must cry Alas for evermore 96. When years by thousands on a heap Are passed o're their head Yet still the fruits of sin they reap Among the ghostly dead 97. Yea when they have time out of mind Been in this Case so ill For ever ever is behind Yet for them to fulfill FINIS Ebal and Gerizzim OR The BLESSING and the CURSE Being a short Exhortation to Sinners by the Mercy and Severity of God From Mount Gerizzim BEsides what I said of the Four last Things And of the weal and woe that from them springs An After-word still runneth in my Mind Which I shall here expose unto that wind That may it blow into that very hand That needs it Also that it may be scan'd With greatest soberness shall be my Prayer As well as diligence and godly care So to present it unto publick view That only truth and peace may thence ensue My talk shall be of that amazing love Of God we read of which that it may prove By its engaging Arguments to save Thee I shall lay out that poor help I have Thee to entice that thou wouldst dearly fall In love with thy Salvation and with all That doth thereto concurr that thou may'st be As blessed as the Blessed can make thee Not only here but in the World to come In bliss which I pray God may be thy home But first I would advise thee to bethink Thy self how sin hath laid thee at the brink Of Hell where thou art lulled fast asleep In Satans arms who also will thee keep As sensless and secure as e're he may Left thou should'st wake and see 't and run away Unto that Jesus whom the Father sent Into the World for this cause and intent That such as thou from such a thrall as this Might'st be released and made heir of bliss Nâ—â— that thou mayst awake the danger flye And so escape the death that others dye Come let me set my Trumpet to thine ear Be willing all my message for to hear 'T is for thy life O do it not refuse Woe unto them good counsel do abuse Thou art at present in that very case Which argues thou art destitute of grace For he that lyes where sin hath laid him lyes Under the curse graceless and so he dyes In Body and in Soul within that range If God his heart in mercy doth not change Before he goes the way of all the Earth Before he lose his Spirit and his Breath Repentance there is none within the Grave Nor Christ nor Grace nor Mercies for to save Thee from the Vengeance due unto thy sin If now thou dost not truly close with him Thou art like him that sleepeth in the Sea On broken Boards which without guide or stay Are driven whither Winds and Water will While greedy Beasts do wait to have their fill By feeding on his Carkass when he shall Turn over-board and without Mercy fall Into the Jaws of such as make a prey Of those whom Justice drowneth in the Sea Thou art like him that snoring still doth lye Upon the Bed of vain security Whil'st all about him into burning flame By fire is turn'd yea and while the frame And building where he lyes consuming is And while himself these burnings cannot miss Thou art like one that hangeth by a thread Over the mouth of Hell as one half dead And oh how soon this thread may broken be Or cut by death is yet unknown to thee But sure it is if all the weight of sin And all that Satan too hath doing been Or yet can do can break this crazy thread 'T will not be long before among the dead Thou tumble do as linked fast in chains With them to wait in fear for future pains What shall I say wilt thou not yet awake Nor yet of thy poor Soul some pity take Among the Lyons it hood-winked lyes Oh! that the Lord would open once thine Eyes That thou might'st see it then I dare say thou As half berest of Wits wouldst cry out how Shall I escape Lord help Oh! help with speed Reach down thy hand from Heaven for help I need To save me from the Lyons for I fear This Soul of mine they will in pieces tear Come then and let us both expostulate The Case betwixt us till we animate And kindle in our Hearts that burning love To Christ to Grace to Life that we may move Swifter than Eagles to this blessed prey Then shall it be well with us in that day The trump shall sound the dead made rise and stand Then to receive for breach of God's Command Such thunder-claps as these Depart from me Into Hell fire you that the Wicked be Prepared for the Devil and for those That with him and his Angels rather chose To live in filthy sin and wickedness Whose fruit is everlasting bitterness We both are yet on this side of the Grave We also Gospel-privileges have The Word and time to pray God give us Hearts That like the Wise-man we may act our parts To get the Pearl of price then we shall be Like godly Mary Peter Paul and we Like Jacob too the blessing shall obtain While Esau rides a Hunting for the gain Of worldly Pelf which will him not avail When Death or Judgment shall him fore assail Now to encourage us for to begin Let us believe the Kingdom we may win And be possest thereof if we the way Shall hit into and then let nothing stay Or hinder us the Crown is at the end Let 's run and strive and fly and let 's contend With greatest courage it for to obtain 'T is Life and Peace and everlasting gain The gate of Life the new and living way The Promise holdeth open all the day Which thou by Jacob's Ladder must ascend Where Angels always wait and do attend As Ministers to minister for those That do with God and Christ and glory close If guilt of sin still lieth at our door Us to discourage let us set before Our Eyes a bleeding Jesus who did dye The Death and let 's believe the reason why He did it was that we might ever be From death and sin from hell and wrath set free Yea let 's remember for that very end It was his blessed Father did him send That he the Law of God might here fulfill That so the Mystery of his blessed Will Might be revealed in the blessedness Of those that fly to Christ for righteousness Now let us argue with our selves then thus That Jesus Christ our Lord came to save us By bearing of our sins upon his back By hanging on the Cross as on a Rack While Justice cut him
Satan though my heart indeed be worse Than 't was a wile ago Yet I perceive Thou shalt me not of happiness bereave Nor yet of holiness for by the Word I find that Jesus Christ our blessed Lord Is made Sanctification for me In his own Person where all Graces be As water in the Fountain and that I By means of that have yet a sanctity Both personal and perfect every way And that is Christ himself as Paul doth say Now though my crazy Pitcher oft doth leak By means of which my Graces are so weak And so much spent that one I cannot find Able to stay or help my feeble mind Yet then I look to Jesus and see all In him that wanting is in me and shall Again take courage and believe he will Present me upright in his Person till He humble me for all my foolishness And then again fill me with holiness Now if thou lovest inward sanctity As all the Saints do most unfeignedly Then add to what I have already said Faith in the Promise and be not afraid To urge it often at the Throne of Grace And to expect it in its time and place Then he that true is and that cannot lye Will give it unto thee that thou thereby May'st serve with faith with fear in truth love That God that did at first thy Spirit move To ask it to his praise that he might be Thy God and that he might delight in thee If I should here particulars relate Methinks it could not but much animate Thy Heart though very listless to enquire How thou may'st that enjoy which all desire That love themselves and future Happiness But Oh! I cannot fully it express The Promise is so open and so free In all respects to those that humble be That want they cannot what for them is good But there 't is and confirmed is with Blood A certain sign all those enjoy it may That see they want it and sincerely pray To God the Father in that Jesus Name Who bled on purpose to confirm the same Now would'st thou have a Heart that tender is A Heart that forward is to close with bliss A Heart that will impressions freely take Of the New Covenant and that will make The best improvement of the Word of Grace And that to Wickedness will not give place All this is in the Promise and it may Obtained be of them that humbly pray Would'st thou enjoy that Spirit that is free And looseth those that in their Spirits be Opprest with guilt or filth or unbelief That Spirit that will where it dwells be chief Which breaketh Sampson's Cord as rotten thread And raiseth up the Spirit that is dead That sets the Will at liberty to chuse Those things that God hath promis'd to infuse Into the humble Heart All this I say The Promise holdeth out to them that pray Wouldest thou have that good that blessed Mind That is so much to heavenly things inclin'd That it aloft will soar and always be Contemplating on blest Eternity That Mind that never thinks it self at rest But when it knows it is for ever blest That Mind that can be here no more content Than he that in the Prison doth lament That blessed Mind that counts it self then free When it can at the Throne with Jesus be There to behold the Mansions he prepares For such as be with him and his co-heirs This Mind is in the Covenant of Grace And shall be theirs that truly seek his face Is godly fear delightful unto thee That fear that God himself delights to see Bear sway in them that love him then he will Thy godly Mind in this request fulfill By giving thee a fear that tremble shall At every trip thou takest lest thou fall And him offend or hurt thy self by sin Or cause poor Souls that always blind have been To stumble at thy falls and harder be Against their own Salvation and thee That fear that of it self would rather chuse The rod than to offend or to abuse In any thing that blessed worthy Name That hath thee saved from that death and shame That sin would soon have brought thee to if he Had not imputed Righteousness to thee I will love them saith God and not depart From them but put my fear within their heart That I to them may always lovely be And that they never may depart from me Would'st thou be very upright and sincere Would'st thou be that within thou dost appear Or seem to be in outward exercise Before the most devout and godly wise Yea art thou thus when no Eye doth thee see But that which is invisible and be The words of God in truth thy prop and stay And do they in their Conscience bear more sway To govern thee in Faith and Holiness Than thou canst with thy heart mouth express And do the things that truly are Divine Before thee more than Gold or Rubies shine And if as unto Solomon God should Propound to thee What would'st thou have how would Thy heart and pulse beat after heav'nly things After the upper and the nether springs Could'st with unfeigned heart and upright lip Cry hold me fast Lord never let me slip Nor step aside from Faith and Holiness Nor from the blessed hope of future bliss Lord rather cross me any where than here Lord fill me always with thy holy fear And godly jealousie of mine own heart Lest I Lord should at any time depart From thy most blessed Covenant of Grace Where Jesus rules as King and where thy face Is only to be seen with comfort and Where sinners justifi'd before thee stand If these thy groanings be sincere and true If God doth count thee one that dost pursue The things thou cryest after with thy heart No doubt but in them thou shalt have a part The next word that I would unto thee say Is how thou may'st attain without delay Those blessed Graces and that Holiness Thou dost with so much godly zeal express Thy love to and thy longing to enjoy That sins and weakness might thee less annoy Know then as I have hinted heretofore And shall now speak unto a little more All graces in the person of the Son Are by the Father hid and therefore none Can them obtain but they who with him close All others graceless are but only those For of his fulness 't is that we receive And grace for grace let no man then deceive Himself or others with a feigned shew Of Holiness if Jesus they eschew When he ascended to his Father then It was that he received Gifts for men Faith hope and love true zeal an upright heart Right humbleness of mind and every part Of what the word of Life counts holiness God then laid up in him that we redress And help might have who do unto him fly For righteousness and Gospel-sanctity Now if thou would'st inherent righteousness And so Sanctification possess In Body Soul and Spirit then thou must To Jesus flye as
One THING is Needful OR Serious Meditations UPON THE Four Last THINGS DEATH And JUDGMENT HEAVEN And 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 The Third Edition By JOHN BUNYAN LONDON Printed for Nath. Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultry 1683. ADVERTISEMENT THIS Author having Publish'd many Books which have gone off very well There are certain Ballad-sellers about Newgate and on London-Bridge who have put the two first Letters of this Author's Name and his Effigies to their Rhimes and Ridiculous Books suggesting to the World as if they were his Now know that this Author publisheth his Name at large to all his Books and what you shall see otherwise he disowns A CATALOGUE of Mr. John Bunyan's BOOKS 1. GRace Abounding or the Author's Conversion 2. Greatness of the Soul with the unspeakableness of its Loss 3. Sighs from Hell or the Groans of a damned Soul 4. Instructions for the Ignorant 5. Come and welcome to Jesus Christ. 6. Water of Life proceeding out of the Throne of God 7. Publican and Pharisee at Prayer 8. I will Pray with the Spirit and with the Understanding also 9. Law and Grace or the Nature of the two Covenants 10. The Barren Fig-tree 11. The strait Gate 12. Christian Behaviour 13. A holy Life the Duty of Christians 14. Country Rhimes for Children upon seventy four things 15. The Fear of God 16. Saved by Grace 17. Election and Reprobation 18. A Map of Salvation and Damnation 19. Good News for the Vilest of Men or a help for despairing Souls 20. Light for them that fit in Darkness 21. Justification by Jesus Christ against Doctor Fowler 's c. 22. Confession of Faith and Reason of Practice in Worship 23. Difference in Judgment about Water Baptism no bar to Communion 24. Peaceable Principles and True 25. Some Gospel Truths opened 26. A Vindication of that 27. First Day the Christian Sabbath 28. The House of God 29. Advice to Sufferers 30. The Advocateship of Jesus Christ. 31. Temple Types and Service and Building explained 32. Holy City 33. Holy War 34. Pilgrims Progress the first Part with Cuts 35. Pilgrims Progress the second Part with Cuts 36. Life and Death of Mr. Badman with Cuts 37. Four last things Death Judgment Heaven and Hell Ebal and Gerizzim with Prison Meditations 38. Resurrection from the Dead and Eternal Judgment AN INTRODUCTION TO THE Ensuing Discourse I. THese Lines I at this time present To all that will them heed Wherein I shew to what intent God saith Convert with speed II. For these Four Things come on apace Which we should know full well Both Death and Judgment and in place Next to them Heav'n and Hell III. For doubtless Man was never born For this Life and no moe No in the Resurrection Morn They must have Weal or Woe IV. Can any think that God should take That pains to form a Man So like himself only to make Him here a moment stand V. Or that he should make such ado By Justice and by Grace By Prophets and Apostles too That Men might see his Face VI. Or that the Promise he hath made Also the Threatnings great Should in a moment end and fade O! No this is a Cheat. VII Besides who is so mad or worse To think that Christ should come From Glory to be made a Curse And that in Sinners room VIII If nothing should by us be had When we are gone from hence But Vanities while here O mad And foolish Confidence IX Again Shall God who is the Truth Say There is Heaven and Hell And shall men play that Trick of Youth To say But who can tell X. Shall he that keeps his Promise sure In things both low and small Yet break it like a Man impure In Matters great'st of all XI Oh let all tremble at that thought That puts on God the lye That saith Men shall turn into nought When they be sick and dye XII Alas Death is but as the Door Through which all men do pass To that which they for evermore Shall have by Wrath or Grace XIII Let all therefore that read my Lines Apply them to the Heart Yea let them read and turn betimes And get the better part XIV Mind therefore what I treat on here Yea mind and weigh it well 'T is Death and Judgment and a clear Discourse of Heaven and Hell Of Death 1. DEath as a King Rampant and stout The World he dare ingage He Conquers all yea and doth rout The great strong wise and sage 2. No King so great nor Prince so strong But Death can make to yield Yea bind and lay them all along And make them quit the Field 3. Where are the Victors of the World With all their men of might Those that together Kingdoms hurl'd By Death are put to flight 4. How feeble is the strongest hand When Death begins to gripe The Giant now leaves off to stand Much less withstand and fight 5. The man that hath a Lions face Must here give place and bend Yea though his Bones were bars of brass 'T is vain here to contend 6. Submit he must to feeble ones To Worms who will enclose His skin and flesh sinews and bones And will thereof dispose 7. Among themselves as Merchants do The prizes they have got Or as the Souldiers give unto Each man the share and lot 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 wrinckled Face 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 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 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 skuls dust bones and there The Mighty daily fall 14. The very looks of Death are grim And gastly to behold Yea though but in a Dead-mans-skin When he is gone and cold 15. How fraid are some of dead-mens beds And others of their bones They neither care to see their Heads Nor yet to hear their Groans 16. Now all these things are but the shade And badges of his Coat The Glass that runs the Sythe and Spade Though weapons more remote 17. Yet such as make poor mortals shrink And fear when they are told These things are signs that they must drink With death O then how cold 18. It strikes them to the heart how do They study it to shun Indeed who can bear up and who Can
me to for by Their rage my Comforts do encrease Bless God therefore do I. 22. If they do give me gall to drink Then God doth sweetning cast So much thereto that they can't think How bravely it doth taste 23. For as the Devil sets before Me Heaviness and Grief So God sets Christ and Grace much more Whereby I take relief 24. Though they say then that we are Fools Because we here do lye I answer Goals are Christ his Schools In them we learn to dye 25. 'T is not the baseness of this state Doth hide us from God's Face He frequently both soon and late Doth visit us with Grace 26. Here comes the Angels here comes Saints Here comes the Spirit of God To comfort us in our restraints Under the wickeds Rod. 27. God sometime visits Prisons more Than lordly Palaces He often knocketh at our Door When he their Houses miss 28. The Truth and Life of heav'nly things Lifts up our Hearts on high And carries us on Eagles Wings Beyond Carnality 29. It takes away those Clogs that hold The Hearts of other men And makes us lively strong and bold Thus to oppose their sin 30. By which means God doth frusturate That which our Foes expect Namely our turning the Postate Like those of Judas Sect. 31. Here comes to our rememberance The Troubles good men had Of old and for our furtherance Their Joys when they were sad 32. To them that here for Evil lye The place is comfortless But not to me because that I Lye here for Righteousness 33. The Truth and I were both here cast Together and we do Lye Arm in Arm and so hold fast Each other This is true 34. This Goal to us is as a Hill From whence we plainly see Beyond this World and take our fill Of things that lasting be 35. From hence we see the emptiness Of all this World contains And here we feel the Blessedness That for us yet remains 36. Here we can see how all men play Their parts as on a Stage How good men suffer for God's way And bad men at them rage 37. Here we can see who holds that ground Which they in Scripture find Here we see also who turns round Like Weathercocks with ' Wind. 38. We can also from hence behold How seeming Friends appear But Hypocrites as we are told In Scripture every where 39. When we did walk at liberty We were deceiv'd by them Who we from hence do clearly see Are vile deceitful Men. 40. These Politicians that profest For base and worldly ends Do now appear to us at best But Machivilian Friends 41. Though Men do say we do disgrace Our selves by lying here Among the Rogues yet Christ our face From all such filth will clear 42. We know there 's neither flout nor frown That we now for him bear But will add to our heavenly Crown When he comes in the Air. 43. When he our righteousness forth brings Bright shining as the day And wipeth off those stand'rous things That Scorners on us lay 44. We fell our earthly Happiness For heavenly house and home We leave this world because 't is less And worse than that to come 45. We change our drossie Dust for Gold From Death to Life we fly We let go Shadows and take hold Of Immortality 46. We trade for that which lasting is And nothing for it give But that which is already his By whom we breath and live 47. That liberty we lose for him Sickness might take away Our goods might also for our sin By Fire or Thieves decay 48. Again we see what Glory 't is Freely to bear our Cross For him who for us took up his When he our Servant was 49. I am most free that Men should see A hole cut through mine Ear If others will ascertain me They 'll hang a Jewel there 50. Just thus it is we suffer here For him a little pain Who when he doth again appear Will with him let us reign 51. If all must either dye for sin A Death that 's natural Or else for Christ 't is best with him Who for the last doth fall 52. Who now dare say we throw away Our Goods or Liberty When God's most holy Word doth say We gain thus much thereby 53. Hark yet again you carnal Men And hear what I shall say In your own Dialect and then I 'll you no longer stay 54. You talk sometimes of Valour much And count such bravely man'd That will not stick to have a tutch With any in the Land 55. If these be worth commending then That vainly shew their might How dare you blame those holy Men That in God's quarrel fight 56. Though you dare crack a Cowards Crown Or quarrel for a Pin You dare not on the Wicked frown Nor speak against their sin 57. For all your Spirits are so stout For matters that are vain Yet sin besets you round about You are in Satan's chain 58. You dare not for the Truth engage You quake at Prisonment You dare not make the Tree your stage For Christ that King potent 59. Know then true Valour there doth dwell Where Men engage for God Against the Devil Death and Hell And bear the Wickeds rod. 60. These be the Men that God doth count Of high and noble Mind These be the Men that do surmount VVhat you in Nature find 61. First they do conquer their own Hearts All worldly fears and then Also the Devils firy darts And persecuting Men. 62. They conquer when they thus do fall They kill when they do dye They overcome then most of all And get the Victory 63. The worldling understands not this 'T is clear out of his sight Therefore he counts this world his bliss And doth our Glory slight 64. The Lubber knows not how to spring The nimble Foot-man's stage Neither can Owls or Jack-Daws sing If they were in the Cage 65. The Swine doth not the Pearls regard But them doth slight for Grains Though the wise Merchant labours hard For them with greatest pains 66. Consider Man what I have said And judge of things aright When all mens Cards are fully plaid Whose will abide the Light 67. Will those who have us hither cast Or they who do us scorn Or those who do our Houses wast Or us who this have born 68. And let us count those things the best That best will prove at last And count such Men the only blest That do such things hold fast 69. And what though they us dear do cost Yet let us buy them so We shall not count our labour lost When we see others woe 70. And let Saints be no longer blam'd By carnal Policy But let the Wicked be asham'd Of their Malignity FINIS