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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 Left in the darkness of the night, And were bewildered so, That we for want of thy sweet light Knew not which way to go.
2 Left in the darkness of the night, And were bewilder'd so, That we for want of thy sweet light Knew not which way to go.
3 O let our Candle lighted be! O light it once again, And by it search to find out sin Which may in us remain.
4 'Tis thou must light our Candle, Lord, With th' Fire of thy Grace; O let it burn and ne'er go out Till we have run our race;
4 'Tis thou must light our Candle, Lord, With th' Fire of thy Grace; O let it burn and ne're go out Till we have run our race;
5 That in thy sight we may see light, And thereby may rejoice, And sing thy Praises day and night With heart and cheerful voice.