A47611:2036
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 But though a Bush, yet in it thou Dost dwell for evermore, And therefore she is not consumed Even now as heretofore.
2 But though a Bush, yet in it thou Dost dwell for evermore, And therefore she is not consum'd Ev'n now as heretofore.
3 This Bush long time on fire has been, O 'tis a wondrous sight, Though in the fire, yet not burned, This may our Souls invite
3 This Bush long time on fire has been, O 'tis a wond'rous sight, Though in the fire, yet not burn'd, This may our Souls invite
4 To take a view, as Moses did, O why is this thing so? Alas, thy Church is dear to thee, Beyond all things below!
5 O then let all those precious Birds Who in this Bush are hid, Sing forth thy praise continually, And none their Souls forbid.