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The day of doom
The day of doom; or A description of the great and last judgment With a short discourse about eternity
London: printed by J.G. for P.C., 1666
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
CXXXII. Can God delight in such a sight as sinners Misery? Or what great good can this our blood bring unto the most High? Oh thou that dost thy Glory most in pardoning sin display! Lord! might it please thee to release, and pardon us this day?
CXXXII. Can God delight in such a sight as sinners Misery? Or what great good can this our bloud bring unto the most High? Oh thou that dost thy Glory most in pard'ning sin display! Lord! might it please thee to release, and pardon us this day?
CXXXIII. Unto thy Name more glorious fame would not such Mercy bring? Would it not raise thine endless praise, more than our suffering? With that they cease, holding their peace, but cease not still to weep; Grief ministers a flood to tears, in which their words do steep:
CXXXIII. Unto thy Name more glorious fame would not such Mercy bring? Would it not raise thine endless praise, more than our suffering? With that they cease, holding their peace, but cease not still to weep; Griefe ministers a flood to tears, in which their words do steep:
CXXXIV. But all too late; Grief's out of date when Life is at an end. The glorious King thus answering, all to his voice attend: God gracious is, quoth he, like his no Mercy can be found; His Equity and Clemency to sinners do abound.