A47607:2806
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.
VI. Thy presence does more consolate my heart, Then sweetest Honey, or the Honey-Comb: I will (with Mary) choose the better part: 'Tis Sin my Soul would be delivered from: Then I thy Name in Songs will magnify And happy be, when ever I come to die.
VI. Thy presence does more consolate my heart, Then sweetest Honey, or the Honey-Comb: I will (with Mary) chuse the better part: 'Tis Sin my Soul would be deliver'd from: Then I thy Name in Songs will magnifie And happy be, when e'er I come to die.
VII. Let thy good Spirit be my blessed Guide, And in thy House let me for ever dwell; From Gospel-Truths O let me never slide, Nor find my Conscience like another Hell: And I thy Name for evermore shall praise And happy be when I shall end my Days.
VIII. Lord whatsoever my Estate is here, With sweet Submission let me be content, When I am most troubled, then be thou most near, And never from me thy dear self absent: This will my prostrate Spirit highly raise, And if I suffer, to thy Name be praise.
VIII. Lord whatsoever my Estate is here, With sweet Submission let me be content, When I'm most troubled, then be thou most near, And never from me thy dear self absent: This will my prostrate Spirit highly raise, And if I suffer, to thy Name be praise.