A47611:2633
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.
The Fourth Part.
1 The Fig-Tree, Lord, does now put forth, The Summer doth draw near, The Sea doth roar, (as thy Word saith,) And Men begin to fear.
1 THe Fig-Tree, Lord, does now put forth, The Summer doth draw near, The Sea doth roar, (as thy VVord saith,) And Men begin to fear.
2 The Winter certainly is gone, The lovely Birds do sing; The Spring is now a coming on, Which lasting joy will bring.
2 The VVinter certainly is gone, The lovely Birds do sing; The Spring is now a coming on, VVhich lasting joy will bring.
3 The voice of the sweet Turtle too Is heard in this our Land, What clearer Signs, Lord, canst thou show By thy own wondrous Hand,
3 The voice of the sweet Turtle too Is heard in this our Land, VVhat clearer Signs, Lord, canst thou show By thy own wondrous Hand,