A47611:1455
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 Some of God's Children are grown up To such maturity, That they on Meat that's strong can sup, In which great virtues lye.
1 SOme of God's Children are grown up To such maturity, That they on Meat that's strong can sup, In which great vertues lye.
2 Young-men and Fathers some there be Whose senses have been long In exercise, and therefore they Are stronger than the young
2 Young-men and Fathers some there be Whose s•nses have been long In exercise, and therefore they Are stronger than the young
3 And little Babes, whose Stomach's weak, And therefore cannot bear Nor take in dark mysterious things, Which elder Saints does cheer.
3 And little Babes, whose Stomach's weak, And therefore cannot bear Nor take in dark mysterious things, Which elder Saints does chear.