A47607:1142
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.
The Case is desperate, for the Patient's just
Upon the Point to be entombed in Dust:
Upon the Point to be intomb'd in Dust:
E'en so (Alas!) this Gasping Nation lies
Under the pressure of sad Maladies!
'Tis sick at heart, yet seems averse to take
That sacred Physic, whose Ingredients make