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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 That which the best and wisest Men Esteemed above all things, And is the channel that let's in The joy of divine Springs;
4 That which the best and wisest Men Esteem'd above all things, And is the channel that let's in The joy of divine Springs;
5 And doth enrich the Soul of Man, And that eternally; The worth of it there's no one can Express assuredly.
The Second Part. 1 Some treasure that in bulk is small, Yet doth in worth excel; Such is thy Gospel, blessed Lord, Thy People know it well. 2 One Promise is more worth than all The Gold which the World hath; If thou dost give it, then we shall Say, What is all the Earth 3 When unto it compared it is? This Treasure does delight The Souls of Saints, and makes them sing To thee both day and night. 4 It hath such influence on the Heart, As earthly Treasure here, That on thy Word we meditate, Because our hearts are there 5 Where our chief Treasure even lies, On that the heart is set, And hence it is they it esteem 'Bove their necessary Meat. 6 This makes Men great and honourable, Because much Treasure have; This also frees from care and trouble, And does not us enslave ⟨p. 216⟩7 To Dunghill-Earth, as Treasures do, It raises Souls above All things that are, O Lord, below, To joy in thy sweet love.
The Second Part. 1 Some treasure that in bulk is small, Yet doth in worth excell; Such is thy Gospel, blessed Lord, Thy People know it well. 2 One Promise is more worth than all The Gold which the World hath; If thou dost give it, then we shall Say, What is all the Earth 3 When unto it compar'd it is? This Treasure does delight The Souls of Saints, and makes them sing To thee both day and night. 4 It hath such influence on the Heart, As earthly Treasure here, That on thy Word we meditate, Because our hearts are there 5 Where our chief Treasure even lyes, On that the heart is set, And hence it is they it esteem 'Bove their necessary Meat. 6 This makes Men great and honourable, Because much Treasure have; This also frees from care and trouble, And does not us inslave