A47611:2313
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.
2 What cause of joy then hath that heart Who with repenting tears Unfeignedly cleaves unto thee, And to thy ways adheres.!
2 VVhat cause of joy then hath that heart VVho with repenting tears Unfeignedly cleaves unto thee, And to thy ways adheres.!
3 Shall holy Angels, Lord, rejoice In our sweet happiness, When all the good is unto us, To them not more nor less?
3 Shall holy Angels, Lord, rejoyce In our sweet happiness, When all the good is unto us, To them not more nor less?
4 In this they act, Lord, like to thee, Who for our only good Was sacrificed on the Tree, To wash us in thy Blood:
4 In this they act, Lord, like to thee, Who for our only good VVas sacrificed on the Tree, To wash us in thy Blood:
5 And shall not we now learn of thee To seek the good of others? And with one heart strive to impart All comfort to our Brothers?