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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.
Monarch of Monarchs—Zion! Is it Thou!
Monarch of Monarchs—Sion! Is it Thou!
O mourn, my soul! O let my Spirit bow!
Let all that love the Bridegroom sigh for grief;
For Zion weeps as one past all Relief.
For Sion weeps as one past all Relief.
But why, O Zion, since th• art beloved
But why, O Sion, since th• art belov'd