A47611:2049
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 124. The Church compared to Sheep.
Luk. 12.32. Fear not little Flock, &c
1 Thy Church is like a Flock of Sheep, Whose number is but small, Which thou thy self dost always keep, And wilt preserve them all.
1 THy Church is like a Flock of Sheep, Whose number is but small, Which thou thy self dost always keep, And wilt preserve them all.
2 Thy Saints, like Sheep, are innocent, Most harmless, also meek; If any of them go astray, 'Tis thou who dost them seek.
3 Thou also dost them feed and lead In Pastures flourishing,