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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.
Let God be magnified, Whose everlasting strength Upholds me under sufferings Of more than ten years length. Through whose Almighty power Although I am surrounded With sorrows more than can be told, Yet am I not confounded.
Let God be magnify'd, Whose everlasting strength Upholds me under sufferings Of more than ten years length. Through whose Almighty pow'r Although I am surrounded With sorrows more than can be told, Yet am I not confounded.
For his dear sake have I This service undertaken, For I am bound to honour Him, Who hath not me forsaken. I am a Debtor too, Unto the sons of Men; Whom wanting other means, I would Advantage with my Pen.
I would, But (ah!) my strength, When tried, proves so small, That to the ground without effect, My wishes often fall. Weak heads, and hands, and states, Great things cannot produce: And therefore I this little Piece Have published for thine use.
I would, But (ah!) my strength, When tried, proves so small, That to the ground without effect, My wishes often fall. Weak heads, and hands, and states, Great things cannot produce: And therefore I this little Piece Have publish'd for thine use.