The day of doom

Name: The day of doom
Author: Michael Wigglesworth

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.

Michael Wigglesworth 1631–1705Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1701

[12], 80 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 17k words · Evans 1030

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A A Short Discourse ON ETERNITY.

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(10) For if they were in any fear,¹ that this their joy might cease, It would annoy [if not destroy] and interrupt their peace: But being sure it shall endure so long as God shall live; The thoughts of this unto their bliss, do full perfection give.

11 Joh. 4.18. Joh. 6.35 40, 51. Rev. 21 4

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(11) ¹Cheer up, ye Saints, amidst your wants, and sorrows many a one. Lift up the head, shake off all dread. and moderate your moan. Your sufferings and evil things ²will suddenly be past. Your sweet Fruitions, and blessed Vision. for evermore shall last.

(11) ¹Cheer up, ye Saints, amidst your wants, and sorrows many a one. Lift up the head, shake off all dread. and moderate your mone. Your sufferings and evil things ²will suddenly be past. Your sweet Fruitions, and blessed Vision. for evermore shall last.

1Heb. 12.12.
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