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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.
1 Death is a sleep, it is a rest From all our labour here, And to the Saints it is the best, And so it will appear
1 DEath is a sleep, it is a rest From all our labour here, And to the Saints it is the best, And so it will appear
2 They fall asleep in a sweet place, They sleep in Jesus do; ⟨p. 303⟩They Union have with him through Grace, Which death can't overthrow.
3 Death can't dissolve that blessed Knot, That union doth remain, And unto Jesus Christ do go, Death unto Saints is gain.
4 But though the Sinner falls asleep, His sleep is troublesome; His Spirits shall no rest receive Till the last day doth come;