A47611:1845
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.
3 Waters can't quench Love's Flames, nor Floods The same can ever drown; lf some for Love would give his Goods, Despised is such an one.
3 Waters can't quench Love's Flames, nor Floods The same can ever drown; lf some for Love would give his Goods, Despis'd is such an one.
4 Lord, bear our Name upon thy Breast, Engrave it on thy Heart, There let it be so sure possest It thence may ne'er depart;
4 Lord, bear our Name upon thy Breast, Engrave it on thy Heart, There let it be so sure possest It thence may ne're depart;
5 For Love we find is very strong, It wounds unto the quick; Thy presence, Lord, supports our Souls, Thy absence makes us sick.
6 Shouldst thou but seemingly disdain Our Souls that are engaged, Like Fire it would put us to pain, Whose grief's not soon assuaged.