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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.
6 To be in you, for strength you'll have, If that your hearts be •ound; And every Gospel blessed Truth Be evermore your bound.
The Second Part. 1 The Soldier in the days of old His Armour did gird on, And then completely harnessed Was he to look upon: 2 So must the Christians Armour be Girt with sincerity, What will Mens Faith, or Righteousness, Or Hope else signify, 3 If they are not upright in heart, And Truth is not their bound, They Hypocrites be sure will then (If so) at last be found 4 To have the Loins well girt, denotes That Preparation we Unto the Battle ought to make, So ready must we be 5 For to encounter or engage With all our cruel Foes, To have our Armour girt with Truth, And then need fear no blows.
The Second Part. 1 The Souldier in the days of old His Armour did gird on, And then compleatly harnessed Was he to look upon: 2 So must the Christians Armour be Girt with sincerity, What will Mens Faith, or Righteousness, Or Hope else signifie, 3 If they are not upright in heart, And Truth is not their bound, They Hypocrites be sure will then (If so) at last be found 4 To have the Loyns well girt, denotes That Preparation we Unto the Battel ought to make, So ready must we be 5 For to encounter or engage With all our cruel Foes, To have our Armour girt with Truth, And then need fear no blows.
The Third Part. 1 Girdling also service denotes, Let Loins be girt about; And let your Lights be shining too, And let them not go out; 2 That ye may on your Master wait, Whose coming doth draw near; Be ready therefore every Saint, O now your selves prepare! 3 Let every thing in truth be done, And Grace the Girdle be; And then with joy shall every one Their blessed Master see. 4 A Girdle is an Ornament, It fastens all together, And covers Joints the Armour hath That Men cannot tell whether 5 'Tis all one piece, or 'tis in parts, It doth them so unite; Thus doth Uprightness us adorn, That in Jehovah's sight 6 There seems no flaw, nor no defects, Uprightness covers all; God doth that Soul who is sincere, A perfect Christian call.