A47611:1761
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 Fourth Part.
1 Come, art thou low, of mean descent, And of ignoble birth? Grace covers this deformity, Its glory so shines forth:
2 Or art thou lame, or outwardly May blemishes be seen? Yet Grace doth cover this defect, Thy Beauty's great within:
3 Or art thou poor, and so art brought Unto contempt and scorn? Sincerity doth make thee rich, Nay more, to be high born.
4 May be thy parts and gifts are small, And hence Men thee despise? Sincerity hides this in all, In this thy Glory lies;
4 May be thy parts and gifts are small, And hence Men thee dispise? Sincerity hides this in all, In this thy Glory lyes;