A47611:2314
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.
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?
6 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, This duty let us love; And then thy VVill we shall fulfil As Angels do above.
6 Rejoyce with them that do rejoyce, This duty let us love; And then thy VVill we shall fulfill As Angels do above.