A47611:2262
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 147. Sin laid upon Christ.
1 LO, Christ hath suffered for us all When Enemies we were, Therefore we will thy Name extol, Whose love did thus appear;
1 LO, Christ hath suffer'd for us all When Enemies we were, Therefore we will thy Name extoll, Whose love did thus appear;
2 For we like Sheep have gone astray, And ready were to fall; And God hath lain the load on thee, To give rest to us all.
3 Thy precious Praises therefore, Lord, Sincerely let us sing, And land thy Name with one accord, O God and heavenly King;