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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.
4 Set forth according to thy worth, Most great in dignity; And of such high and noble birth, All Beings dost outvie.
5 'Tis by thy glorious influence The body is sustained; As thou hast the preeminence, Thou hast all glories gained.
5 'Tis by thy glorions influence The body is sustain'd; As thou hast the preheminence, Thou hast all glories gain'd.
6 Each member is supplied by thee, And held in sacred bonds; And nourished are continually, And under thy commands.
6 Each member is supply'd by thee, And held in sacred bonds; And nourish'd are continually, And under thy commands.
7 The governing part Eyes in the head, In it our glory lies; And if the head be once struck off, The body straightway dies.