A47607:1938
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.
In time of trouble and of fury great,
I will unto thy Holy Name retreat;
Which is a sure defence to all that fly
With care and speed from their iniquity.
When I was down, thou liftedst me up on high,
When I was down, thou lift'st me up on high,
And I thy Name will therefore magnify.