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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.
HYMN 58. Christ's Vine-yard.
1 Thy Vine-yard, Lord, was purchased, though wild it once did lie, And Barren was as any Ground thou couldst on Earth espy;
1 THy Vine-yard, Lord, was purchased, though wild it once did ly, And Barren was as any Ground thou couldst on Earth espy;
2 But thou much cost and pains hast shown, that it might fruitful be. Thy Sun doth shine, and Rain doth fall on it continually.
2 But thou much cost and pains hast shewn, that it might fruitful be. Thy Sun doth shine, and Rain doth fall on it continually.
3 All Praise therefore to God on High, how great is thy blest Care ⟨p. 64⟩Of thy Own Church, and every Soul who truly are sincere.