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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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THE DAY OF DOOM.
(1) Still was the night, Serene and Bright,1 when all Men sleeping lay; Calm was the season, & carnal reason thought so 'twould last for ay. Soul, take thine ease, let sorrow cease, much good thou hast in store: This was their Song, their Cups among, the Evening before.
(1) STill was the night, Serene and Bright,1 when all Men sleeping lay; Calm was the season, & carnal reason thought so 'twould last for ay. Soul, take thine ease, let sorrow cease, much good thou hast in store: This was their Song, their Cups among, the Evening before.
- 1The Security of the W••ld before Christs coming to Judgment Luk. 12.19.
(2) Wallowing in all kind of sin, vile wretches lay secure: The best of men had scarcely then their Lamps kept in good ure.1 Virgins unwise, who through disguise amongst the best were numbered, Had closed their eyes; yea, and the wise through sloth and frailty slumbered.
(2) Wallowing in all kind of sin, vile wretches lay secure: The best of men had scarcely then their Lamps kept in good ure.