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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.
2 Like as a Girdle cleaves to Men, And doth them compass in; So Grace should cleave unto our Souls, To keep us from all sin.
3 We in the bonds of Truth and Grace Should evermore abide, And never from God's Grace and Truth Go back, nor turn aside.
4 And as a Girdle strengtheneth The Loins of every one, So will this Girdle of Truth also All such who have it on.
4 And as a Girdle strengthneth The Loyns of ev'ry one, So will this Girdle of Truth also All such who have it on.
5 If you in the true Doctrine are, And in sincerity Do firmly stand in every Truth, Small weakness you'll espy