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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
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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.
THE DAY OF ••OM.
I. Still was the night, serene and bright, when all men sleeping lay; Calm was the season, & car••l reason thought so 'twould last •or aye. Soul take thine ease, let sorrow cease, much good thou hast in store; This was their song their cups among the evening before.
I. STill was the night, serene and bright, when all men sleeping lay; Calm was the season, & car••l reason thought so 'twould last •or ay. Soul take thine ease, let sorrow cease, much good thou hast in store; This was their song their cups among the evening before.
II. Wallowing in all kind of sin, vile wretches lay secure, The best of men had scarcely then their Lamps kept in good ure. Virgins unwise, who through disguise amongst the best were numbered, Had closed their eyes; yea, and the Wise through sloth and frailty slumbered.
II. Wallowing in all kind of sin, vile wretches lay secure, The best of men had scarcely then their Lamps kept in good ure. Virgins unwise, who through disguise amongst the best were number'd, Had clos'd their eyes; yea, and the Wise through sloth and frailty slumber'd.