A47611:2061
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 No, beauty in a sorry Worm, Man's glory that is gone, Contemptible is in thy sight, Each vile and wicked one.
3 What can a Worm do to preserve It self from hurt or wrong, That is in danger by each foot? So we are all day long.
4 We can't preserve our selves one day, Our Life is but a blast; And one small sin, if not purged out, May damn the Soul at last.
4 We can't preserve our selves one day, Our Life is but a blast; And one small sin, if not purg'd out, May damn the Soul at last.
5 Then do not pride it in your selves, You to the Worms must go; For all your beauty soon will fly, You must corruption know.