A47611:1241
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.
His motions they most hidden are, Mysterious in their kind, ⟨p. 169⟩That thou dost them oft times compare To motions of the Wind.
3 The Wind at thy command doth blow; Lord 'tis as thou dost please, Thy Spirit moves on us below To wound, or to give ease:
4 According to thy Sovereign Grace It operates on Men; Sometimes he doth sharply rebuke, Then cherishes again.
4 According to thy Soveriegn Grace It operates on Men; Sometimes he doth sharply rebuke, Then cherishes agen.
5 Like as the North-wind, so does he The Worms and Weeds destroy; Those filthy Vermin which we see, Our Souls so much annoy
5 Like as the Nort-wind, so does he The Worms and Weeds destroy; Those filthy Vermin which we see, Our Souls so much annoy