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 against Hypocrites.Sion in Distress: OR, THE GROANS OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. › Sion. › A Complaint against Hypocrites.

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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Such as my Peace and Safety should procure,

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Contribute most to make me Unsecure:

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Such seem their purpose by soft words to smother:

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So Boatsmen look one way, but row another.

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Such perjured Statesmen have the Art to smile

Such pejur'd Satesmen have the Art to smile

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Upon my Face, but cut my Throat the while.

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