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The day of doom
The day of doom: or, A poetical description of the Great and Last Judgment. With a short discourse about eternity. / By Michael Wigglesworth, teacher of the church at Maldon, in N.E.
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1701
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(39) 1'Twas meet that ye should judged be, that so the world may spy No cause of grudge, when as I Judge and deal impartially, Know therefore all, both great and small, the ground and reason why These Men do stand at my right hand, and look so cheerfully.
(39) 1'Twas meet that ye should judged be, that so the world may spy No cause of grudge, when as I Judge and deal impartially, Know therefore all, both great and small, the ground and reason why These Men do stand at my right hand, and look so chearfully.
(40) These Men be those my Father chose before the worlds foundation,1 And to me gave, that I should save from Death and Condemnation. For whose dear sake I flesh did take, was of a Woman born. And did inure my self t' endure, unjust reproach and scorn.
(40) These Men be those my Father chose before the worlds foundation,1 And to me gave, that I should save from Death and Condemnation. For whose dear sake I flesh did take, was of a Woman born. And did inure my self t' indure, unjust reproach and scorn.