ZION in DISTRESS: OR, THE GROANS OF THE Protestant CHRUCH.Lam. I, 12. Is there any Sorrow like unto my Sorrow?Vers. 17. Zion spreadeth forth her Arms, and there is none to comfort her.Vers. 20. Behold, O Lord, I am in DISTRESS!—Quis talia FandoTemperet a lachrimis?—Virgil.LONDON: Printed by George Larkin, for Enoch Prosser, at the Sign of the Rose and Crown in Sweethings-Alley, at the East End of the Royal Exchange, 1681.SION in DISTRESS: OR, THE GROANS OF THE Protestant CHRUCH.Lam. I, 12. Is there any Sorrow like unto my Sorrow?Vers. 17. Sion spreadeth forth her Arms, and there is none to comfort her.Vers. 20. Behold, O Lord, I am in DISTRESS!—Quis talia FandoTemperet a lachrimis?—Virgil.LONDON: Printed by George Larkin, for Enoch Prosser, at the Sign of the Rose and Crown in Sweethings-Alley, at the East End of the Royal Exchange, 1681.Title page of Zion in distress, London, 1681Zion in distressSion in distressBenjamin Keach, 1681

An Alarm to the Wise and Foolish Virgins.

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An Alarm to the Wise and Foolish Virgins.

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I. ALL you that fear the Lord, give ear To what I do indite, There is a cry, the Bridegrooms nigh, 'Tis near the midst of Night.

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II. Rouse up, awake, your Lamps to take, And longer do not slumber; You must them trim, to tend on him Into the Wedding Chamber.

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III. You Virgins all, to you I call, What Oil have you in store? If you have none, you are undone, Then look to it therefore.

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IV. Watch then alway, Our Lord doth say, None knows the day nor hour Watch carefully, for you are nigh The day of his great Power.

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V. With speed arise, lift up your Eyes, The Day-Star doth appear, Rise from your Bed, raise up your Head, Redemption's very near.

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