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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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(50) That those whom they did wrong & slay, must now their judgment see! Such whom they slighted, & once despited, must now their Judges be! Thus 'tis decreed, such is their meed, and guerdon glorious?1 With Christ they si•, Judging is fit to plague the Impious.
(50) That those whom they did wrong & slay, must now their judgment see! Such whom they slighted, & once despighted, must now their Judges be! Thus 'tis decreed, such is their meed, and guerdon glorious?1 With Christ they si•, Judging is fit to plague the Impious.
(51) The wicked are brought to the Bar,1 like guilty Malefactors, That oftentimes of bloody Crimes and Treasons have been Actors. Of wicked Men, none are so mean as there to be neglected: Nor none so high in dignity, as there to be respected.
- 1The wicked brought to the Bar. Rom. 2.3, 6, 11.