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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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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.
(17) When Gods great Power shall be brought lower, by foreign Puissance: Or be decayed, and weaker made through Times continuance: When drowsiness shall him oppress, and lay him fast asleep: Then sinful men may break their pen, and out of Prison creep.
(17) When Gods great Power shall be brought lower, by forreign Puissance: Or be decay'd, and weaker made through Times continuance: When drowsiness shall him oppress, and lay him fast asleep: Then sinful men may break their pen, and out of Prison creep.
(18) When those in Glory shall be right sorry they may not change their place, And wish to dwell with them in Hell, never to see Christs face: Then those in pain may freedom gain, and be with Glory dight: Then Hellish Fiends may be Christs Friends, and Heirs of Heaven height.
(18) When those in Glory shall be right sory they may not change their place, And wish to dwell with them in Hell, never to see Christs face: Then those in pain may freedom gain, and be with Glory dight: Then Hellish Fiends may be Christs Friends, and Heirs of Heaven hight.
(19) Then, Ah poor men! what, not till then? No, not an hour before: For God is just, and therefore must torment them evermore. ETERNITY! ETERNITY! thou makest hard hearts to bleed: The thoughts of thee in misery, do make men wail indeed.
(19) Then, Ah poor men! what, not till then? No, not an hour before: For God is just, and therefore must torment them evermore. ETERNITY! ETERNITY! thou mak'st hard hearts to bleed: The thoughts of thee in misery, do make men wail indeed.