N00854:149
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.
(82) We did believe, and oft receive thy gracious promises: We took great care to get a share in endless happiness.1 We prayed & wept, we Fast-days kept, lewd ways we did eschew: We joyful were thy Word to hear; we formed our lives anew.
(82) We did believe, and oft receive thy gracious promises: We took great care to get a share in endless happiness.1 We pray'd & wept, we Fast-dayes kept, lewd ways we did eschew: We joyful were thy Word to hear; we form'd our lives anew.
(83) We thought our sin had pardoned been; that our Estate was good, Our debts all paid, our peace well made, our Souls washed with thy Blood. Lord, why dost thou reject us now,1 who have not thee rejected, Nor utterly true sanctity and holy life neglected▪
(83) We thought our sin had pard'ned been; that our Estate was good, Our debts all paid, our peace well made, our Souls wash'd with thy Blood. Lord, why dost thou reject us now,1 who have not thee rejected, Nor utterly true sanctity and holy life neglected▪