A47607:743
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.
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,
Despised, neglected, through this Hellish Vice.
Despis'd, neglected, through this Hellish Vice.