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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.
1 HE that the Prize doth think to have, Must take the greatest care To set out timely, must begin Before old age draws near.
2 He that would win the Prize also, Must know what way to run; ⟨p. 292⟩And must hold out, not weary be, Until the Prize he's won.
3 All weights he must cast off with speed, And temperate also be, Or else he'll faint, and never will God's blessed Kingdom see.
3 All weights he must cast off with speed, And temp'rate also be, Or else he'll faint, and never will God's blessed Kingdom see.
4 Such who do run a race, sometimes Have many Lookers on; Both Men and Angels view the Saints, And mind how they do run.