John Bunyan

O doul on the day that gae me an old man.

O doul on the day that gae me an old man.

I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.

I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him read more

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

[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.