A47607:741
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.
Present their Body, but deny their Heart.
Are not some Pastors careless to provide
A Word in Season, for the Flocks they guide?
Some are too backward to supply the Need
Of painful Labourers, that their Souls do feed:
Of painful Lab'rers, that their Souls do feed:
Discouraged by Close-fisted Avarice,
Discourag'd by Close-fisted Avarice,