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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.
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,
Which cause my Sorrows to advance so high,