A47611:1689
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.
HYMN 96. Profit of the Scriptures.
Joh. 5.39. Search the Scriptures.
1 Search the Scripture, by which ye think Eternal Life to have; And those are they that testify Of Him that came to save;
1 SEarch the Scripture, by which ye think Eternal Life to have; And those are they that testifie Of Him that came to save;
2 For what of old was given forth Was for our learning penned, That we by Scriptures comforted Might hope unto the end.
2 For what of old was given forth VVas for our learning penn'd, That we by Scriptures comforted Might hope unto the end.