A47611:2814
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 O happy they who hold a Place Within thy House to dwell; For in thy Courts one days short space A thousand doth excel.
3 O happy they who hold a Place Within thy House to dwell; For in thy Courts one days short space A thousand doth excell.
4 Much rather would I keep a Door, And in thy House remain, Than dwell in all the pomp and store Of Tents of the profane;
4 Much rather would I keep a Door, And in thy House remain, Than dwell in all the pomp and store Of Tents of the prophane;
5 For God a Sun and Shield will be, With Grace and Glory bright; And no good thing with-hold will he From them that walk upright.
6 Lord God of Hosts, whose Glory reigns, How happy Man is he, That tho' debarred the outward means, Yet puts his trust in thee.