A47611:1216
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.
1 Lord we thy People here on Earth Do meet with great sorrow; Tho' each Soul knows what now he hath, Yet knows not what to morrow
1 LOrd we thy People here on Earth Do meet with great sorrow; Tho' each Soul knows what now he hath, Yet knows not what to morrow
2 May him befall; Afflictions are Oft great, and may increase; Both from without and from within We meet with little peace.
2 May him befall; Afflictions are Oft great, and may encrease; Both from without and from within We meet with little peace.
3 A Comforter, O Lord, we want, O send us one we pray For to sustain each drooping Saint! O send him strait away!
4 Thou toldest us, Lord, thou wouldst send one To live with us for ever, And thou didst, Lord, ascend thy Throne His presence to procure.