A47611:1611
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.
2 If thou, O Lord, art pleased to take The Hammer up and strike, Thou wilt Impression quickly make, Though none can do the like.
2 If thou, O Lord, art pleas'd to take The Hammer up and strike, Thou wilt Impression quickly make, Though none can do the like.
3 There's none can break our flinty Rock Besides thy self alone; Alas, our power is too weak To break such hearts of stone!
4 What can the Hammer do, O Lord, Thou the great Agent art; The Instrument, that is thy Word, O smite upon the heart,
5 And make it yield! and square it then For thy own blessed design; Thy Image on it, Lord, cut out Most holy and divine;
5 And make it yield! and square it then For thy own bless'd design; Thy Image on it, Lord, cut out Most holy and divine;