A47611:1420
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.
3 That is, hath been a long time Amongst us here on Earth, About the Church, and Truth of God, But this all silenced hath.
3 That is, hath been a long time Amongst us here on Earth, About the Church, and Truth of God, But this all silenc'd hath.
4 Light hath a clearing quality, And by its heat things grow; And by it too all Fogs do fly, Such influences flow
5 As doth revive and sweetly cheer The Soul that drooping lies, ⟨p. 195⟩They by thy Word, Lord, quickened are, And all their sorrows flies.
5 As doth revive and sweetly chear The Soul that drooping lies, ⟨p. 195⟩They by thy Word, Lord, quickned are, And all their sorrows flies.