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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.
CLXIV. 'Tis •ain to tell, you wot full well, if you in time had known Your Misery and Remedy, your actions had it shown. You, sinful crew, have not been true unto the light of Nature; No• done the good you understood, nor owned your Creator.
CLXV. He that the Light, because 'tis Light, hath used to despise, Would not the Light, shining more bright, be likely for to prize. If you had loved and well improved your knowledge and dim sight, Herein your pain had not been vain, your plagues had been more light.
CLXV. He that the Light, because 'tis Light, hath used to despize, Would not the Light, shining more bright, be likely for to prize. If you had lov'd and well improv'd your knowledge and dim sight, Herein your pain had not been vain, your plagues had been more light.
CLXVI. Then to the Bar all they drew near who died in infancy, ⟨p. 51⟩And never had or good or bad effected personally; But from the womb unto the tomb were straightway carried, (Or at the least, ere they transgressed) who thus began to plead.
CLXVI. Then to the Bar all they drew near who dy'd in infancy, ⟨p. 51⟩And never had or good or bad effected pers'nally; But from the womb unto the tomb were straightway carried, (Or at the least, ere they transgrest) who thus began to plead.