The Day of Doom; Or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment: With Other PoemsWigglesworth, Michael
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The Day of Doom; Or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment: With Other Poems
Wigglesworth, Michael
Judgment Day -- Poetry
THE DAY OF DOOM 21
Security of the World before Christ's coming 21
Suddenness and Terror of his appearing 22
Resurrection—All brought to judgment 26
The Sheep separated from the goats 27
The several sorts of reprobates described 28
The Saints justified—Election—Atonement 32
They are placed on thrones 34
The wicked brought to the Bar 35
Secret sins brought to light 38
Hypocrites plead for themselves 40
Another sort of hypocrites 44
Civil honest men's pleas 47
Pretended want of opportunity to repent 51
Plea of examples of betters 53
Godly men's examples misleading 54
Scripture, darkness, and difference of interpretation 55
Fear of persecution 56
Plea of God's mercy and justice 58
Vessels of mercy 59
Mercy abused—Day of grace past 60
Shutting out by God's decree 62
The Heathen's plea 66
Reprobate infants' plea 68
The wicked all convinced and silenced 72
Hopeless and helpless estate of the ungodly 73
Sentence of condemnation 78
Sentence executed—The wicked cast into Hell 80
Their Insufferable torments 81
The saints rejoice thereat 83
They ascend in triumph to Heaven 84
A Short discourse on Eternity 87
A Postscript unto the Reader 93
Vanity of Vanities 107
Death expected 111
A Farewell to the World 112
Funeral Sermon 115
Epitaph 119
MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR
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