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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.
But ah! what didst thou suffer first Before this could be done; Or we were Cast, Lord, for our Lives, And Condemned every one.
But ah! what didst thou suffer first Before this could be done; Or we were Cast, Lord, for our Lives, And Condemn'd every one.
And thou couldst never us obtain, Nor with us marriage make, Unless to free us from that pain Didst die, Lord, for our sake.
And this thou didst most readily, All praise unto thy Name; We purchased were with thy dear Blood, And so thine own became.
And this thou didst most readily, All praise unto thy Name; We purchas'd were with thy dear Blood, And so thine own became.
The second Part. The glorious Bridegroom. O what a choice, Lord, hast thou made! Are such vile ones as we •nto thy lovely bosom laid, And joined unto thee? Are we espoused to such a Prince, The King of Heaven and Earth? Who has o'er all preeminence, Whose glories thus shine forth. Angelic Nature didst pass by, And set thy tender heart On such as we: O let us cry, Thou lovely, lovely art.