A47611:1712
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 With thy most sweet and precious Grace, That is the Salt whereby We savoury do become, O Lord, Thy Salt, O then apply.
2 With thy most sweet and precious Grace, That is the Salt whereby We sav'ry do become, O Lord, Thy Salt, O then apply.
3 Salt is of such a quality That it doth search each part ⟨p. 238⟩Of Flesh, that it is laid upon, So Grace searches the Heart:
4 The Spirit searches all deep things, Yea, the deep things of God; It will find out what sin in us Doth still make its abode;
5 And then (like Salt) doth purge it out, 'Tis Grace which purifies The heart and life, there is no doubt But such, like virtue, lies
5 And then (like Salt) doth purge it out, 'Tis Grace which purifies The heart and life, there is no doubt But such, like vertue, lyes