A47611:1296
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 Thou wouldst not, Lord, bought it so dear Had not thy purpose been To make it sure unto our Souls In 'spite of World, or Sin;
3 And as for us thou didst it buy, And we the Earnest have, So now we also do espy A Seal to us does cleave.
4 We sealed are, O that's a thing Which highly's valued, And great assurance doth it bring Of what is purchased.
5 It also doth impression make Upon the wax always; So we thy Image have hereby, And shall have all our days:
6 But as the wax must melted be Before it can receive Th' impression of the Seal, so we Are softened who believe: