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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 'Tis to convince our Souls of sin, And us to humble too, And fit us for some glorious work He has for us to do.
5 And crucify us to the world, And to each earthly thing, ⟨p. 21⟩That we might see from him alone, Our chiefest Joy does spring.
5 And crucifie us to the world, And to each earthly thing, ⟨p. 21⟩That we might see from him alone, Our chiefest Joy does spring.
6 To exercise our Graces too, This is another end, That they might their great Lustre show, For this does trials send.
6 To exercise our Graces too, This is another end, That they might their great Lustre show, For this does tryals send.