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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.
7 So thou, O Lord, wilt such forgive, Who do themselves submit, And by Repentance humbly Lie prostrate at thy feet.
7 So thou, O Lord, wilt such forgive, VVho do themselves submit, And by Repentance humbly Lie prostrate at thy seet.
8 The Lion does sometimes couch down, As if asleep he lay, But soon does rise with wrathful frowns, As greedy of his prey.
9 And thus, O Lord, thou seemest to sleep, And wicked men don't fear, But as a Lion wilt rouse up, And them to pieces tear.
9 And thus, O Lord, thou seem'st to sleep, And wicked men don't fear, But as a Lion wilt rouze up, And them to pieces tear.
10 Then happy you for whom Christ made With God a lasting peace, 'Tis you may sing, for still you'll find Your Comforts shall increase.