A47611:2294
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
Part 8 › Hymn 151: HYMN 151. A Hymn of Praise after the Sacrament.
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 The harmless Lamb most innocent For us is ready slain, And we as Guests are hither sent To seed on him again.
3 But O what Love and Grace is here! When we were hungry, Christ's Body, Lord, thou didst prepare That for us he might die;
4 For nothing but his Flesh and Blood Could our poor Souls sustain; Therefore, O Lord, thou didst cry forth, O let my Lamb be slain.
5 O let his precious Blood run out, For to them it I'll give, Or else they'll perish without doubt; 'Tis done; Come, eat, and live!
6 Eat, eat, O Friends, on what is good, And drink abundantly; The best of Heaven is your Food, No fatness I deny.