A47611:1046
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.
2 Not like a Thief unrighteously To do Men any wrong, But unawares most suddenly, Though many think 'tis long.
3 Like as a Thief comes in the night When people are all still, And puts them all into a fright, So thy dread coming will
3 Like as a Thief comes in the night VVhen people are all still, And puts them all into a fright, So thy dread coming will
4 Surprise the Earth, and all who sleep, How will they quake with fear! ⟨p. 142⟩O Sinners then will cry and weep When thou, Lord, dost appear:
4 Surprize the Earth, and all who sleep, How will they quake with fear! ⟨p. 142⟩O Sinners then will cry and weep When thou, Lord, dost appear: