A47611:1486
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 Thou didst o'ercome him formerly, He rallies up again. His scattered force, and we espy We fight must or be slain.
3 Thou didst o'recome him formerly, He rallies up again. His scatter'd force, and we espy VVe fight must or be slain.
4 O let us have thy mighty Sword! O there is none like it! If in our hearts we have thy Word, We'll bring them to our feet.
4 O let us have thy mighty Sword! O there is none like it! If in our hearts we have thy VVord, VVe'll bring them to our feet.
5 A Sword all Soldiers must have on, So every Saint must have Thy Word to fight with, or else they VVill soon their Souls enslave.
5 A Sword all Souldiers must have on, So ev'ry Saint must have Thy VVord to fight with, or else they VVill soon their Souls inslave.