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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
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.
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.
6 Eat, eat, O Friends, on what is good, And drink abundantly; The best of Heav'n is your Food, No fatness I deny.
7 O Lord, thy Love is very sweet, And we therefore do cry, O feed us with this precious Food Until we come to die.
7 O Lord, thy Love is very sweet, And we therefore do cry, O feed us with this precious Food Untill we come to die.
8 And we will sing thy Praises, Lord, Even both rich and poor; And to the blessed Lamb we'll sing Praises for evermore.