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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.
5 Like to the writing with the hand On proud Belshazzar's wall, So when thou dost give the Command, Sinners shall tremble all.
6 Fire breaks forth oft times i'th' night, When men are fast asleep, ⟨p. 29⟩Which does poor people strangely fright, And sorrows on them heap.
7 So in the night of ignorance, Whilst Men lye on their beds, They hear the cry of Fire, Fire, Just burning o▪re their heads.
The Second Part. 1 A fire also consumes amain, It famous Cities spoil; So thou wilt desolations make Of Sinners who are vile. 2 Can stubble stand before fierce flames, And not consumed be? Then may proud wicked Ones likewise Secure themselves from thee. 3 None can abide thy dreadful wrath, There is no way to fly; For thou wilt them destroy, O God, As stubble fully dry. 4 Some fires may be quenched quite, But thine will always burn; Thy wrath, O Lord, eternal is, It never will be gone. 5 Fire torments most cruelly Such who into't are cast;