Distressed Sion Relieved Or, The Garment of Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness. Wherein are Discovered the Grand Causes of the Churches Trouble and Misery under the late Dismal Dispensation. With a Compleat History of, and Lamentation for those Renowned Worthies that fell in England by Popish Rage and Cruelty, from the Year 1680 to 1688. Together with an Account of the late Admirable and Stupendious Providence which hath wrought such a sudden and Wonderful Deliverance for this Nation, and Gods Sion therein. Humbly Dedicated to their Present Majesties. By Benjamin Keach |
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‘But helpless I have often lookt about
‘To find some ease and Soul refreshment out,
‘Yet can I see no prospect of relief,
‘But swift additions multiply my grief.
‘As Pilgrims wander in their great distress
‘Amongst the wild rapacious Savages,
‘In pathless Desarts, where the midnight howls
‘Of hungry Wolves mixt with the screech of Owls,
‘And Ravens dismal croaks salute the Ears
‘Of poor Erratick trembling Passengers.
‘To find some ease and Soul refreshment out,
‘Yet can I see no prospect of relief,
‘But swift additions multiply my grief.
‘As Pilgrims wander in their great distress
‘Amongst the wild rapacious Savages,
‘In pathless Desarts, where the midnight howls
‘Of hungry Wolves mixt with the screech of Owls,
‘And Ravens dismal croaks salute the Ears
‘Of poor Erratick trembling Passengers.
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