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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 164: HYMN 164. 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.
1 Hallelujah! O happy day That ever Christ was born! And happy we that e'er we see This everlasting Morn.
1 HAlleluja! O happy day That ever Christ was born! And happy we that e're we see This everlasting Morn.
2 Blessed be the Lamb that hither came To be Sacrifice; 'Tis by thy Blood we have all good, In thee all Blessings lies.
2 Bless'd be the Lamb that hither came To be Sacrifice; 'Tis by thy Blood we have all good, In thee all Blessings lyes.
3 Our Bands to break thou didst them take, And with them thou wast bound, God's Cords we burst, thou wast acurst To heal our grievous Wound;
4 For us he died, being crucified, Sustained that cruel death; Wast broke with grief, used as a Thief, And gave up his sweet breath.
4 For us he dy'd, being crucify'd, Sustain'd that cruel death; Wast broke with grief, us'd as a Thief, And gave up his sweet breath.