A47611:1630
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.
The second Part.
1 Th' Antiquity of Scripture show That they are most divine; For no Writings did the World know So soon as they did shine.
2 This was the first and chiefest Book That e'er was made, or penned; O therefore love in it to look, Though you can't comprehend
2 This was the first and chiefest Book That e're was made, or pen'd; O therefore love in it to look, Though you can't comprehend
3 The Mysteries that lye therein Hid from all carnal Eyes; Yet since it hath so ancient been, O see these lines ye prize!