A47500:802
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.
3 O Blessed Jesus, dost thou say, who'll have a Rose so sweet! Who will refuse our Sharons Rose, that knows its fragrant scent?
4 Upon the Cross thou was Distilled, we taste in Distillation, The sweetness of the absent Rose, by Faith and Acceptation.
4 Upon the Cross thou was Distill'd, we taste in Distillation, The sweetness of the absent Rose, by Faith and Acceptation.
5 Thou art a Rose, my Soul's repose, O let me never be, My Dearest Lord, a Thorn to thee, who art so sweet to me.
6 Thou art the Lilly of the Vale, a matchless Purity. And I will sing thy Praise since thou dost in my Bosom lie.
6 Thou art the Lilly of the Vale, a matchless Purity. And I will sing thy Praise since thou dost in my Bosom ly.