A47607:1134
Zion in distressSion in distress
Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]
London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
When joints grow palsied, & the Blood's congealed
When joynts grow palsy'd, & the Blood's congeal'd
Into a Jelly, can the Man be healed?
Into a Jelly, can the Man be heal'd?
When limbs grow stiff, and feeble Age does plough
When limbs grow stiff, and feeble Age does plow
Its wrinkled furrows on the Patients brow;
When heat gives place to a benumbing cold,
When heat gives place to a benumming cold,