A47607:2845
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.
XX. Alas poor Souls! be not such Fools To labour for the Wind, The Wealth you heap, you shall not keep, As you ere long will find.
XX. Alas poor Souls! be not such Fools To labour for the Wind, The Wealth you heap, you shall not keep, As you e're long will find.
XXI. You must not rest on Self-Interest, But wholly for the Lord, He will else at last you surely blast, According to his Word.
XXI. You must not rest on Self-Intrest, But wholy for the Lord, He'll else at last you surely blast, According to his Word.
XXII. There are some Men, cry loud, When, when, Wilt thou in Glory come? But few repent, or do relent, And pray for his Kingdom.
XXIII. But such shall see, with them 'twill be As when one escapes a Bear, Which being gone, Lyons come on, Which do in pieces tear.