A47611:1487
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 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.
6 A Sword doth not only defend The Soldier in the Field, But by it he makes Foes to bend, And unto him to yield:
6 A Sword doth not only defend The Souldier in the Field, But by it he makes Foes to bend, And unto him to yield: