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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.
XIX. Then! Ah poor men! what! not till then n•, not an hour before: For God is just, and therefore must torment them evermore. Eternity! Eternity! thou makest hard hearts to bleed: The thoughts of thee in misery do make men wail indeed.
XIX. Then! Ah poor men! what! not till then n•, not an hour before: For God is just, and therefore must to•ment them evermore. Eternity! Eternity! thou mak'st hard hearts to bleed: The thoughts of thee in miseree do make men wail indeed.
XX. ⟨p. 79⟩When they remind what's still behind, and ponder this word, NEVER, That they must here be made to bear Gods Vengeance for EVER: The thought of this more bitter is then all they feel beside: Yet what they feel, nor heart of steel, ro• flesh of brass can 'bide.
XXI. To lie in woe, and undergo the direful pains of Hell, And know withal, that there they shall for aye, and ever dwell; And that they are from rest as far, when fifty thousand year, Twice told, are spent in punishment, as when they first came there.
XXI. To lie in wo, and undergo the direful pains of Hell, And know withal, that there they shall for ay, and ever dwell; And that they are from rest as far, when fifty thousand year, Twice told, are spent in punishment, as when they first came there.