A47607:1539
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 him: the Whores, the' (b) Ecclesiastic State,
From him: the Whores, th' (b) Ecclesiastick State,
Or Romish Hierarchy, that take her Seat
Upon the back of this Ten horned Steed,
(Which gores my side, and makes my Children bleed.)
(b) Though 'tis granted the Magistratical Power •f Popish Kings in large sense is signified by the Beast who do support the Ecclesiastic State or false Church, yet Originally it more strictly resides in the Pope, for by a •olentary submission to him: he is become their Master, as Du Moulin, page 161. Observes their Crowns being at the Popes disposal, who takes it, and gives it (saith he) to whom he thinks good, which things have been Noted by Buicciardine, that famous Historian, in his History of the rises and advancements of the Pope.