A47607:817
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.
Conversion, when they can no longer sin.
But know, preposterous Sots, the Day of Doom
That dreadful Audit of Accounts) will come.
How dare you run this vile Career, till Death,
Like a Grim Serjeant, comes to arrest your breath,
Like a Grim Serjeant, comes t'arrest your breath,
When Tongues do falter, & your Eyestrings crack