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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.
Such ways, because he yet for bears to strike?
Dost think a gloomy interposing Cloud,
Do'st think a gloomy interposing Cloud,
From Gods all-searching Eye can be thy shroud?
Or that because He is enthroned on high,
Or that because He is inthron'd on high,
Thy Deeds of Darkness He cannot espy?
Or since his Judgements are so long delayed,