John Bunyan Poems

He that is down needs fear no fall,
He that is low no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide.
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Behold, how eager this our little boy
Is for a butterfly, as if all joy,
All profits, honours, yea, and lasting pleasures,
Were wrapped up in her, or the richest treasures
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From God he's a backslider,
Of ways he loves the wider;
With wickedness a sider,
More venom than a spider.
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HE that is down needs fear no fall,
   He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
   Have God to be his guide.
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Us godly fear delightful unto thee,
That fear that God himself delights to see

Bear sway in them that love him? then he will
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She goes but softly, but she goeth sure,
She stumbles not, as stronger creatures do.
Her journey's shorter, so she may endure
Better than they which do much farther go.
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Sinner.

What black, what ugly crawling thing art thou?
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The next word that I would unto thee say,
Is how thou mayst attain without delay,

Those blessed graces, and that holiness
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Now, then, if holiness thou wouldst obtain,
And wouldst a tender Christian man remain,

Keep faith in action, let that righteousness
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