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

Title page typeset from the transcription.

Postscript: A Postscript UNTO THE Reader.

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.

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But one and other takes at unawares.

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For in a moment, whilst men Peace do cry,

For in a moment, whil'st men Peace do cry,

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Destruction seizeth on them suddenly.

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Thou who this morning art a lively wight,

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Mayest be a Corps and damned Ghost ere night▪

May'st be a Corps and damned Ghost ere night▪

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