Maxioms by John Bunyan
[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests read more
[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests that by nature we are prone to take and make to our souls. He pressed us to take special heed that we took not up any truth upon trust -- as from this or that, or any other man or men -- but to cry mightily to God that He would convince us of the reality thereof, and set us down therein by his own Spirit in the holy word.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.