A47611:1442
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.
4 To thee, that thou mayst grow thereby, O it is very good; Milk nourishes and feeds the Child Better than other Food.
5 Stung Meat thou canst not yet digest, Milk's a Restorative; God's Word restores decayed Souls, Nay, makes the dead alive.
5 Stong Meat thou canst not yet digest, Milk's a Restorative; God's Word restores decayed Souls, Nay, makes the dead alive.
6 Milk was a blessing choice of old, And with it Canaan flowed; Hast thou God's Word? What Blessing then Better can be bestowed
6 Milk was a blessing choice of old, And with it Canaan flow'd; Hast thou God's Word? What Blessing then Better can be bestow'd
7 On thee, poor Soul, O prize it much, And on it always feed, Twill strengthen thee, and make thee fat, And nothing shalt thou need.