A47611:1382
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 Down from above the blessed Dove Is come; Ah! shall he rest, Thou Holy and Eternal One, With me, O in my Breast!
1 DOwn from above the blessed Dove Is come; Ah! shall he rest, Thou Holy and Eternal One, VVith me, O in my Breast!
2 There let thy Spirit dwell, O Lord, Who has a Dove-like Eye, Most quick to see; before his sight All things do naked lye.
2 There let thy Spirit dwell, O Lord, VVho has a Dove-like Eye, Most quick to see; before his sight All things do naked lye.
3 O he is innocent indeed, Most harmless, and most meek; Whoever would from wrath be freed, His nature they must seek.
3 O he is innocent indeed, Most harmless, and most meek; VVhoever would from wrath be freed, His nature they must seek.