A47607:2735
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.
On th' ablest guides she laid her hellish hands,
Confining them to Prison under Bands;
As if 'twere not enough for her to do,
She seized their Persons, and their substance too.
She seiz'd their Persons, and their substance too.
Did Babylon God's Worship over-throw,
Set up an Idol, and command to Bow?