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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.
For every Toy, such sharpness and contention,
As does disgrace Religion, and does lay
Blocks and Offences in a Converts Way.
Ah! why can't Saints in Families eschew
Ah! why can't Saints in Familys eschew
That which mere Heathens are ashamed to do?
That which meer Heathens are asham'd to do?
Their Houses are the Scene of Civil Wars,