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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.
7 To bring this Stone, so choice and pure, Beyond the rarest Gold, To lay us a Foundation sure Most glorious to behold.
8 To the Foundation now therefore We will together sing, To raise the praise for evermore Of God and Christ our King.
9 'Twas deeply laid in thy Decree, No bottom can be found; So deep, Lord, all thy counsels be, We in them, Lord, are drowned.
9 'Twas deeply layd in thy Decree, No bottom can be found; So deep, Lord, all thy counsels be, We in them, Lord, are drown'd.
The second Part. 1 What kind of House thou didst intend To build, we may perceive If the Foundation we observe, And not our selves deceive, 2 It is a Precious stone we see, No Jasper is so rare, And all the Building ought to be As precious, lovely, fair. ⟨p. 129⟩