Zion in distressSion in distress

Name: Sion in distress
Author: Benjamin Keach

Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681

[6], 128 p. · 27k words · Wing K87 · ESTC R27452

Title page typeset from the transcription.

Zion in Distress: OR, THE GROANS OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. › SCIONS Sons.Sion in Distress: OR, THE GROANS OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. › SIONS Sons.

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.

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How can we comfort have, or Pleasure find?

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Or how can we the Worlds concernments mind?

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How can we eat or drink with hearts content,

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And not with grief poor Scions state lament?

And not with grief poor Sions state lament?

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How can we bear our Mothers doleful cries,

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She sighs, she sobs, she languishes, she dies,

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