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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.
That hath so long time tyrannized thus
(With Hellish Fury) over thee and us?
Self-preservation is, by every creature
Esteemed a Sacred Principle in Nature.
Esteem'd a Sacred Principle in Nature.
Each Free-born mind, must at those Tyrants spurn
That would infect their Souls, their Bodies burn.