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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 'Tis not on Gold, nor length of days, Nor on things here below; ⟨p. 253⟩But 'tis on Jesus Christ alone, From whence all Help doth flow:
3 And like a Helmet 'tis we find That doth preserve the Head; Hope stays on thee, always our mind, When we are hard bested;
4 And as a Helmet fearless makes A Soldier in the Field; So hope of glory makes us all Resolve we ne'er will yield
4 And as a Helmet fearless makes A Souldier in the Field; So hope of glory makes us all Resolve we ne're will yield
5 To Satan, nor to other Foes, When we with them do meet; Nor need we fear their cruel blows, If we have this Helmet,