ENGLANDs New Bell-man;
Ringing into all Peoples Ears GODs dreadful Judgment on this Land and
Kingdom.
Tune of, O Man in Desperation, etc,
Be thou Faithful unto Death, and
I will give thee a Crown of Life
Rev.ii.10.
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AWAKE! awake! O England,
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Sweet England now awake,
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And to thy Prayers speedily,
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Do thou thyself betake:
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The Lord thy God is coming,
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Within the Sky so clear,
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Repent therefore, O England,
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The Day it draweth near.
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The dreadful Day of Vengeance,
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Is shortly now at Hand,
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When fearful burning Fire,
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shall waste both Sea and Land;
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And all Mens Hearts shall fail them,
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To see such Things appear,
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Repent therefore, etc.
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The wordly wise and prudent,
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Shall fall besides their Wits,
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And wish the Hills would fall on them,
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In these their frantic Fits,
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No Succour, Help, nor Comfort.
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For them shall then appear,
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Repent therefore, etc.
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The Seas and Rivers running,
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Shall roar in grievous wise:
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The Beasts in Pastures feeding,
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Shall strain forth grievous Cries:
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The Skies shall flame with Fire,
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The Earth shall burn so clear,
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Repent therefore, O England
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The Day it draweth near.
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The glorious holy Angels,
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Shall then their Trumpets sound,
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The Dead shall hear their Voices;
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As they lie in the Ground;
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Then all the Graves shall open,
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And dead Men shall appear,
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Repent therefore, O England,
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The Day it draweth near.
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The Devil will be ready then
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Each Creature to accuse,
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And show how in their Life-time,
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They did themselves abuse:
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And every Mans own Conscience
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For Witness shall appear,
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Repent therefore, etc.
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The Works of every Creature,
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Their Thoughts, and Deeds, I say,
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Shall follow them together,
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In that most dreadful Day:
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And no Respect of Persons,
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Shall in that Day appear,
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Repent therefore, etc.
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But such as have done justly,
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Shall wear the Crown of Life;
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The Wicked shall be damned
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To Sorrow, Pain, and Grief;
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In boiling Pans of Brimstone,
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With doleful hellish Cheer,
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Repent therefore, etc.
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But Wo unto that Woman;
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Which then with Child shall go;
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And to the silly Nurses,
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Which do give suck also:
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When as the Day of Judgment
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Grievous shall appear,
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Repent therefore, etc.
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And pray with Tears most constant,
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Unto the Lord of Might,
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That in the frozen Winter,
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You do not take your Flight:
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Nor yet upon the Sabbeth,
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That Peril do appear,
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Repent Therefore. etc.
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Let all good Christian People,
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Repent therefore in Time,
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And from their Hearts lementing,
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Each former grievous Crime:
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Prepare themselves with Gladness,
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To watch when Christ will come,
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The Trump shall sound on sudden,
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And no Man knows how soon,
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Repent therefore,
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For all Things are fulfilled,
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Which Christ before had told,
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Small Fa[i]th is now remaining,
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And Charitys grown cold;
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Great Signs and Wonders we have seen,
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Within the Earth and Sky,
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Repent therfore, etc.
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Why dost thou put thy Confidence,
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In strong and stately Towers?
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Why takes thou such Pleasure,
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In building sumtuous Bowers?
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Rejoicing in thy Pastures
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And Park of fallow Dear,
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Repent therefore, etc.
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Why seekest thou deceitfully
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To purchase Treasure great?
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Or why dost thou through Usury
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The Bread of poor Men eat?
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Why doth thy Life and Living,
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So filthily appear?
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Repent therefore, etc.
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Wherefore let all good People,
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Upon their Knees proceed,
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In making earnest Prayer,
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For never was more Need
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That God may spare the Punishment
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Even for his Mercies meer,
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And give us Grace to bear in Mind
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The Judgment that is near.
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