A47607:258
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.
For Tears Cessation at his Funeral:
Let Christians offer, through the Universe,
Whole H•catombs upon his bleeding Hearse.
Whole H•catombs upon his bleeding Herse.
And could their Tears increase into a Flood,
'Twere no excess—So much I prize his Blood.
But other grounds of Grief are in mine Eye,