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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
Part 2 › Hymn 52: HYMN 52. Christ bears his Saints as an Eagle.
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 And as the Eagle thou dost bear Upon thy blessed Wings All thy poor Saints, and they hereby Forget all earthly things;
4 They soar so high sometimes, O Lord, Born upon Wings of Love, That Earth to them seems a small thing, They dwell so high above:
5 And as the Eagle's way's not known Who mounts up in the Air, Even so thy love and wisdom both Most deep and hidden are.
5 And as the Eagle's way's not known Who mounts up in the Air, Ev'n so thy love and wisdom both Most deep and hidden are.
6 O fly ye Saints your selves to hide Under Almighty Wings, ⟨p. 136⟩And safe you'll be whate're betide, When God sore judgments brings.