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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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(17) Before his Throne a Trump is blown,1 Proclaiming the' Day of Doom: Forthwith he cries, Ye Dead arise, and unto Judgment come. No sooner said, but 'tis obeyed; Sepulchres opened are: Dead Bodies all rise at his call, and's mighty power declare.
(17) Before his Throne a Trump is blown,1 Proclaiming th' Day of Doom: Forthwith he cries, Ye Dead arise, and unto Judgment come. No sooner said, but 'tis obey'd; Sepulchers open'd are: Dead Bodies all rise at his call, and's mighty power declare.
- 11 Thes. 4.16 Resurrection of the Dead John 5.28, 29▪
(18) Both Sea and Land, at his Command, their Dead at once surrender: The Fire and Air constrained are also their dead to tender. The mighty word of this great Lord links Body and Soul together Both of the Just, and the unjust, to part no more for ever.