A47611:1462
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 But like as Meat that's strong doth yield The better nourishment, So such who can strong things take in, Are not so impotent,
1 But like as Meat that's strong doth yield The better nourishmant, So such who can strong things take in, Are not so impotent,
2 Nor ne'er so weak as others be, But harder work can do, And unto them continually Does sweeter comforts flow.
2 Nor ne're so weak as others be, But harder work can do, And unto them continually Does sweeter comforts flow.
3 Small things do them not soon offend, But strengthened be to bear Such things that others startle at, And can't abide to hear.
3 Small things do them not soon offend, But strengthned be to bear Such things that others startle at, And can't abide to hear.