A47500:171
A feast of fat things full of marrow containing several Scripture songs taken out…
A feast of fat things full of marrow containing several Scripture songs taken out of the Old and New Testaments, with others composed by t[he author] : together [with o]ne hundred of divine hymns, being the first century.
London: printed by B.H., 1696
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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 Shall we to Heaven mount aloft, lo, Thou art present there? Or, if we should go down to Hell, even there thou dost appear?
4 Shall we to Heaven mount aloft, lo, Thou art present there? Or, if we should go down to Hell, ev'n there thou dost appear?
5 Yea, should we take us morning Wings and dwell beyond the Sea, There would thy Hand have hold on us, and quickly with us be?
6 Nay, if we say, The Darkness shall shroud us, Lord, from thy Sight, Alas! the thickest Darkness is to Thee, like to the Light?
6 Nay, if we say, The Darkness shall shroud us, Lord, from thy Sight, Alass! the thickest Darkness is to Thee, like to the Light?
7 Yea, Darkness hideth not from Thee, but Night doth shine as Day: Let's Praise Thee then both Day and Night, and sing to Thee alway!