A47607:1260
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.
From Hells Abyss, at first he did proceed,
From Hells Abyss, at first he did proc•ed,
As in the Revelations (d) you may read:
'Tis he whom Daniel calls (e) the little Horn,
By whom three more up by the Roots were torn.
(c) [Greek or Hebrew], Son of Perdition, is also an Hebraism, and denotes, One designed for destruction, as a hopeless and graceless wretch. Chrysost. on 2 Thes. Hom. 3. tells us, he is called so because he shall be destroyed Piscator and Erasmus think it may be expounded, one desperate, and past all hope of Honesty—the perfect Copy of his Original Judas, who is called the Son of Perdition, John 17. 12