A47611:1787
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 100. Breast-plate of Righteousness.
Eph. 6.14. And having on the Breastplate of Righteousness, &c.
1 O Lord, we Soldiers are, and we Must fight, or else be slain; O let us all well armed be, For Foes come on amain!
1 O Lord, we Souldiers are, and we Must fight, or else be slain; O let us all well armed be, For Foes come on amain!
2 And since our Enemies do aim To hit us on the Breast, Thy blessed Breast-plate let's have on, For that will hold the test.
3 'Tis righteousness that will secure Our Souls from every wrong, And 'twill also, O Lord, endure As well as it is strong.