A47611:2375
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.
1 A Godly Man may greatly fall, But thou, Lord, wilt restore His Soul again, and so he shall Stand faster than before.
2 He under sin long shall not lye Before he doth revive; And whilst he's down his Soul doth cry, And greatly does he strive
3 Against all sin, and it does hate, And fain would he get clear Of every sin and evil thing, To show he is sincere.
3 Against all sin, and it does hate, And fain would he get clear Of every sin and evil thing, To shew he is sincere.
4 But wicked Men do make a trade Of sinning every day, Their hearts are carnal, and so hard, Sins motions they obey;
4 But wicked Men do make a trade Of sinning ev'ry day, Their hearts are carnal, and so hard, Sins motions they obey;