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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.
'Tis that that carries our Desires to God,
'Tis that that carrys our Desires to God,
And comes down freighted with a blessed Load
And comes down fraighted with a blessed Load
Of sweet Returns; yet 'tis much disrespected,
And Closet-Duty too too much neglected.
Scriptures themselves are slighted and dis-used,
Scriptures themselves are slighted and dis-us'd,