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The banqueting-house, or, A feast of fat things a divine poem, opening many sacred…The banquetting-house, or, A feast of fat things a divine poem, opening many sacred…
The banqueting-house, or, A feast of fat things a divine poem, opening many sacred Scripture mysteries ... / written by Benjamin Keach, author of War with the Devil.The banquetting-house, or, A feast of fat things a divine poem, opening many sacred Scripture mysteries ... / written by Benjamin Keach, author of War with the Devil.
London: printed by J.A. for H. Barnard, 1692
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.
2 As Fire burns and doth consume, So th' Seraphims signify A burning to show what zeal's in them Who do attend on God most high:
2 As Fire burns and doth consume, So th' Seraphims signifie A burning to shew what zeal's in them Who do attend on God most high:
3 And also how with flaming zeal, When they from God Commission have, They do break forth at his dread Word To kill his Foes, his Saints to save.
4 Let wicked ones amazed stand, Who can escape a flaming Fire; ⟨p. 271⟩Let Saints also do God's Command With zeal, like to the heavenly Quire:
5 And let them learn likewise from hence What comfort this to them may bring; These Angels come for your defence Swift, like to Flames, or Eagles Wings.