Becoming America - An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution, 2018a

BECOMING AMERICA
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH COLONIAL LITERATURE
It judgeth them, and doth condemn,
though all the world say nay.
It so stingeth and tortureth,
it worketh such di [. . .] tress,
That each mans self against himself
is forced to confess.
LVII
It’s vain, moreover, for men to cover
the least iniquity;
The Judge hath seen and privy been
to all their villany.
He unto light and open sight
the works of darkness b [. . .] ings:
He doth unfold both new and old,
both known and hidden things.
LVIII
All lthy facts and secret acts,
however closely done
And long conceal’d, are there reveal’d.
before the mid-day Sun.
Deeds of the night shunning the light,
which darkest corners sought,
To fearful blame and endless shame,
are there most justly brought.
LIX
And as all facts and grosser acts,
so every word and thought,
Erroneous notion and lust [. . .] ul motion,
are into judg [. . .] ment brought.
No sin so small and trivial,
but hi [. . .] her it must come:
[. . .] or so long past, but now at last
it must receive a doom.
LX
[. . .] t this sad season Christ asks a reason
(with just austerity)
Of Grace refus’d, of Light abus’d
so oft, so wilfully:
O [. . .] Talents lent, by them-mispent,
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