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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 All other Builders Servants have To labour with their hands; Who according to the pattern act, And just as he commands.
8 So Ministers God does employ, Who must the pattern know, And if they alter any thing, They do their folly show.
8 So Ministers God does imploy, Who must the pattern know, And if they alter any thing, They do their folly show.
9 The Rule it is Gods Holy Word, Would you the Pattern view, 'Tis the first Church the Lord did build, As th' Apostles Acts do show.
9 The Rule it is Gods Holy Word, Would you the Pattern view, 'Tis the first Church the Lord did build, As th' Apostles Acts do shew.
The second Part. 1 Nothing but precious Stones must be On the foundation placed, By such who wood or stubble build This fabric is disgraced. 2 And they will suffer loss thereby When it comes to be tried, Because such stuff cannot endure, Their work will not abide. 3 Then see all ye who are called Saints, That you are precious Gold, I mean sincere and godly ones, Whom God loves to behold. 4 And see that you his building are, And in you he does dwell, If in you he has no abode, Down you must go to Hell.