A47607:2816
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.
XVI. Remember Zion in her aching grief, She mourns, she weeps, and is in inward pain, Do thou in Mercy, send her such relief That she (with cause) may never more complain; Then (not till then) my sorrows will be over, And I thy goodness will to all discover.
XVI. Remember Sion in her aking grief, She mourns, she weeps, and is in inward pain, Do thou in Mercy, send her such relief That she (with cause) may never more complain; Then (not till then) my sorrows will be over, And I thy goodness will to all discover.
XVII. O let thy Gospel through the Earth be spread! Rome's black design, O let thy Grace prevent! Permit not them to grow into a Head, As they have purposed, with a full intent. Then shall I (quickened by a holy Flame) Ascribe the Glory to thy Blessed Name.
XVII. O let thy Gospel through the Earth be spread! Rome's black design, O let thy Grace prevent! Permit not them to grow into a Head, As they have purpos'd, with a full intent. Then shall I (quickned by a holy Flame) Ascribe the Glory to thy Blessed Name.
XVIII. I pray thee scatter our enraged Foes, And baffle all who proudly have combined Against thine Heritage, do thou expose Them to be tossed as Chaff before the Wind; Preserve thy Flock from bloody Babels hand, Establish Truth and Quiet in the Land.
XVIII. I pray thee scatter our inraged Foes, And baffle all who proudly have combin'd Against thine Heritage, do thou expose Them to be tost as Chaff before the Wind; Preserve thy Flock from bloudy Babels hand, Establish Truth and Quiet in the Land.