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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
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.
Yet some (I know) do judge, Mine inability To come abroad and do Christ's Work, To be Melan•olly; And that I'm not so weak, As I my self conceit. But who, in her things have found Me so conceit yet?
Yet some (I know) do judge, Mine inability To come abrod and do Christ's Work, To be Melan•olly; And that I'm not so weak, As I my self •onceit. But who, in her things have found Me so conceite yet?
Or who of •ll my friends, […] •als seen, ⟨image ?⟩Can tell the time in seven years, When I have dumpish been? Some think my voice is strong, Most times when I do Preach: But ten days after what I feel And suffer, few can reach.
Or who of •ll my friends, 〈…〉 •als seen, ⟨image ?⟩Can tell the time in seven years, When I have dumpish been? Some think my voice is strong, Most times when I do Preach: But ten days after what I feel And suffer, few can reach.
My prisoned thoughts break forth, When opened is the door, With greater force and violence, And strain my voice the more. But vainly do they tell, That I am growing stronger, Who hear me speak in half an hour, Till I can speak no longer.