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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.
2 By which we walk, by which we work, And all things else we do; All they who are without this light, Don't know whither they go.
3 Thy Word discovery, Lord, doth make, It manifesteth things; From thence we do our judgment take, It Knowledge to us brings:
4 What once we were we know hereby How sad was then our state; Sin's filthy nature through it we 'spy, And it do come to hate.
5 The way of our Salvation too It doth discover clear, And how thou wilt be worshipped Whilst we do all live here.
The Second Part. 1 Who the true Church is we may see, If thy good Word we heed; And by it we the false Church know, Which filthy is indeed. 2 All things that needful are, O Lord, Unto eternal life, Is plain discovered by thy Word, Which ends all doubts and strife 3 That is, hath been a long time Amongst us here on Earth, About the Church, and Truth of God, But this all silenced hath. 4 Light hath a clearing quality, And by its heat things grow; And by it too all Fogs do fly, Such influences flow 5 As doth revive and sweetly cheer The Soul that drooping lies,