Zion in distressSion in distress

Name: Sion in distress
Author: Benjamin Keach

Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681

[6], 128 p. · 27k words · Wing K87 · ESTC R27452

Title page typeset from the transcription.

Zion in Distress: OR, THE GROANS OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. › Zion. › A Complaint of Oaths.Sion in Distress: OR, THE GROANS OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. › Sion. › A Complaint of Oaths.

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.

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Observe the mode how they each other greet.

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What new-coined oaths, what modish execrations

What new-coin'd oaths, what modish execrations

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What damming, sinking, horrid Imprecations

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Do they disgorge? The Serpents fiery hiss,

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That belches Sulphur from the black Abyss,

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Can scarce out-do this Ranting Tribe, who count

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