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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.
4 Fire breaks forth sometimes we see, When men are not aware, So shall thy wrath surprise the Earth When men secure are.
4 Fire breaks forth sometimes we see, When men are not aware, So shall thy wrath surprize the Earth When men secure are.
5 Like to the writing with the hand On proud Belshazzar's wall, So when thou dost give the Command, Sinners shall tremble all.
6 Fire breaks forth oft times i'th' night, When men are fast asleep, ⟨p. 29⟩Which does poor people strangely fright, And sorrows on them heap.
7 So in the night of ignorance, Whilst Men lye on their beds, They hear the cry of Fire, Fire, Just burning o'er their heads.
7 So in the night of ignorance, Whilst Men lye on their beds, They hear the cry of Fire, Fire, Just burning o're their heads.