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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.
VI. Number the Fowls and living Souls that through the air do fly, The winged Hosts in all the Coasts beneath the starry Sky: Count all the grass as thou dost pass through many a pasture land, ⟨p. 75⟩And dewy drops that on the tops of Herbs and Plants do stand:
VI. Number the Fowls and living Souls that through the air do flie, The winged Hosts in all the Coasts beneath the starry Skie: Count all the grass as thou dost pass through many a pasture land, ⟨p. 75⟩And dewy drops that on the tops of Herbs and Plants do stand:
VII. Number the Sand upon the Strand, And Atoms of the air; And do thy best on Man and Beast to reckon every Hair: Take all the Dust, if so thou lust, and add to thine account: Yet shall the years of sinners tears the number far surmount.
VII. Number the Sand upon the Strand, And Atom•s of the air; And do thy best on Man and Beast to reckon every Hair: Take all the Dust, if so thou lust, and add to thine account: Yet shall the years of sinners tears the number far su•mount.
VIII. Nought joined to Nought can •e'• make ought nor Cyphers make a Sum: Nor things Finite to Infinite by multiplying come: A Cockle-shell may serve as well to lave the Ocean dry, As finite things and Reckonings to bound Eternity.