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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.
A SHORT DISCOURSE ABOUT ETERNITY.
I. What mortal man can wi•h h•s span mete out Eternity? Or fathom it by depth of wit, or strength of memory? The lofty sky is not so high, hell's depth to this is small: The world so wide is but a stride, compared herewithall.
I. WHat mortal man can wi•h h•s span mete out Eternity? Or fathom it by depth of wit, or strength of memory? The lofty skie is not so high, hell's depth to this is small: The world so wide is but a stride, comp•red herewithall.
II. It is a main great Ocean, withouten Bank or Bound: A deep Abyss, wherein there is no bottom to be found. This world hath stood now since the Flood for thousand years well near, And had before endured more then sixteen hundred year:
II. It is a main great Ocean, withouten Bank or Bound: A deep Abyss, wherein there is no bottom to be found. This world hath stood now since the Floud for thousand years well near, And had before endured more then sixteen hundred year: