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Spiritual melody
Spiritual melody, containing near three hundred sacred hymns. By Benjamin Keach, author of Trhopolgia, pastor of the Church of Christ meeting on Horsly-down, Southwark
London: printed for John Hancock, 1691
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.
TO THE READER.
READER,
IT may not be unnecessary if I acquaint thee with the chief design of my publishing these Sacred Hymns. I have three sorts of Persons in my Eye to whom I recommend them.
First, Such who like and approve of Books in Verse which treat of Divine Things, and would gladly have a little help in order to the understanding of Metaphorical Scripture; who ⟨image 4⟩cannot also well spare so much Money as to purchase larger Volumes; the Folio I put forth some years ago, called, A Key to open Scripture Metaphors, being near Twenty Shillings price, comes into but a very few Peoples hands: Besides, the Impression will soon be gone (as far as I can gather) and 'tis not like to be reprinted any more. Now in this small Tract I can assure you is contained great part of the principal things under divers Metaphors opened in that Book, though they are there more largely insisted on. I do not judge all those Hymns I have taken from Metaphorical or Tropical Scriptures, are ⟨image 4⟩