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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.
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:
III. But what's the time from the worlds prime unto this present day, ⟨p. 74⟩If we thereby Eternity to measure should assay? The whole duration since the Creation, though long, yet is more little, If placed by Eternity, then is the smallest tittle.
IV. Tell every Star both near and far in Heavens bright Canopy, That doth appear throughout the year, of high or low degree: Tell every Tree that thou canst see in this vast Wilderness, Up in the Woods, down by the Floods, in thousand miles progress:
IV. Tell every Star both near and far in Heavens bright Canopee, That doth appear throughout the year, of high or low degree: Tell every Tree that thou canst see in this vast Wilderness, Up in the Woods, down by the Flouds, in thousand miles progress: