A47611:1565
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 It hath such influence on the Heart, As earthly Treasure here, That on thy Word we meditate, Because our hearts are there
5 Where our chief Treasure even lies, On that the heart is set, And hence it is they it esteem 'Bove their necessary Meat.
5 Where our chief Treasure even lyes, On that the heart is set, And hence it is they it esteem 'Bove their necessary Meat.
6 This makes Men great and honourable, Because much Treasure have; This also frees from care and trouble, And does not us enslave
6 This makes Men great and honourable, Because much Treasure have; This also frees from care and trouble, And does not us inslave
7 To Dunghill-Earth, as Treasures do, It raises Souls above All things that are, O Lord, below, To joy in thy sweet love.