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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.
5 Thou God-Man, King, and Priest, Almighty art yet Meek; Thou art most Just yet Merciful, the guilty camest to seek.
5 Thou God-Man, King, and Priest, Almighty art yet Meek; Thou art most Just yet Merciful, the guilty cam'st to seek.
6 Thou never any failed, that sought thee in their need; Thou never quenched the smoking Flax, nor broke the bruised Reed.
6 Thou never any fail'd, that sought thee in their need; Thou never quencht the smoking Flax, nor broke the bruised Reed.
7 Thy Life a wonder was; but here's a wonder more, That thou that didst all Kingdoms make, shouldst make thy self so Poor.
8 And wonderful it is, [that we this thing do see,] That thou, who art all Life and Love, yet few, alas! Love Thee.
8 And wonderful it is, [that we this thing do see,] That thou, who art all Life and Love, yet few, alass! Love Thee.