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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. 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.
III. Like as of old, when men grew bold Gods threatenings to contemn, (Who stopped their ear, and would not hear when mercy warned them? But took their course, without remorse, till God began to pour Destruction the world upon, in a tempestuous show••
III. Like as of old, when men grew bold Gods threatnings to contemn, (Who stopt their ear, and would not hear when mercy warned them? But took their course, without remorse, till God began to pour Destruction the world upon, in a tempestuous show••
IV. They put away the evil day and drowned their cares and fears, Till drowned were they, and swept away by vengeance unawares: So at the last, whilst men sleep fast in their security, Surprised they are in such a snare as cometh suddenly.
IV. They put away the evil day and drown'd their cares and fears, Till drown'd were they, and swept away by vengeance unawares: So at the last, whilest men sleep fast in their security, Surpriz'd they are in such a snare as cometh suddenly.