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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 161 › Part 2: The Second Part. The Sinner's misery, and the Saints glory.
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.
6 And Man redeem with stretched out Hand, Thy Image to restore; And heal his wounds, and make him see Who was so blind before.
6 And Man redeem with stretch'd out Hand, Thy Image to restore; And heal his wounds, and make him see Who was so blind before.
7 Into sweet Union with thy self Thou takest him once again; And he in thine own Bosom's laid, Th' Enmity being slain.
7 Into sweet Union with thy self Thou tak'st him once again; And he in thine own Bosom's laid, Th' Enmity being slain.
8 From sickness he's recovered, From bondage quite set free; He lives again who once was dead, And dearly now loves thee.
9 Well may this cause all Souls to sing Who thus restored be; For unto them, Lord, from hence springs Joy to eternity.