A47095:135
Zion in distress, or, The sad and lamentable complaint of Zion and her children…
Zion in distress, or, The sad and lamentable complaint of Zion and her children wherein are demonstrated the causes of her miserable calamities, and her faith in God ... : also showing the dreadful controversy God hath with the beast of Rome ...Zion in distress, or, The sad and lamentable complaint of Zion and her children wherein are demonstrated the causes of her miserable calamities, and her faith in God ... : also shewing the dreadful controversie God hath with the beast of Rome ...
London : Printed in the fatal year, 1666
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
She, as a stranger, fain would sojourn here,
She, as a stranger, fain would so•ourn here,
But thou not willing art, as doth appear,
Her to embrace; no nor the Gospel neither,
Her to imbrace; no nor the Gospel neither,
But fain thou wouldst be rid of them together.
But fain thou would'st be rid of them together.
Alas, thou sinful Nation, most unwise,