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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.
In a Subject of Grief, a quaint and ornamental Method is not to be expected: for an abrupt and sobbing Delivery is more natural in the Delineations of Sorrow, then a studied well-poised and artificial Harangue. The Subject is Divine, and too lofty for so weak a Muse; which I hope will oblige the Generous Reader to a candid and mild Construction. I have writ according to the measure of Light received, and have contributed my Mite (in a well-meaning Spirit) to reduce us to our Selves.
In a Subject of Grief, a quaint and ornamental Method is not to be expected: for an abrupt and sobbing Delivery is more natural in the Delineations of Sorrow, then a studied well-poiz'd and artificial Harrangue. The Subject is Divine, and too lofty for so weak a Muse; which I hope will oblige the Generous Reader to a candid and mild Construction. I have writ according to the measure of Light received, and have contributed my Mite (in a well-meaning Spirit) to reduce us to our Selves.
Against the Reigning Evils which expose us to Temporal and Spiritual Enemies, many Wholesome Precepts from Scripture and Reason are given.
The Rise, Progress, and Persecutions of the Man of Sin, are succinctly delivered, with the Evidence of Approved Historians, (some of them Papists) whose Evidence ⟨image 3⟩against Themselves ought to be convincing. There can't be too many Defendants against so Vigorous an Assailant as Rome is.
The Rise, Progress, and Persecutions of the Man of Sin, are succinctly delivered, with the Evidence of Approved Historians, (some of them Papists) whose Evidence ⟨image 3⟩