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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
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.
5 Ah! he this work did undertake, And hands for us did strike; And such a Surety, O Lord, For us O thou didst like.
6 Who faithful was, and able too, Even all our debts to pay; And all our sins thy word does show Upon him thou didst lay.
7 Unto thy blessed Covenant Ah! he did put his hand; And in our stead laid down his life, As thou gavest him command.
7 Unto thy blessed Covenant Ah! he did put his hand; And in our stead laid down his life, As thou gav'st him command.
8 'Twas thou Lord Christ who in our room To th' Father didst engage To satisfy his justice, and His wrath for to assuage.
8 'Twas thou Lord Christ who in our room To th' Father didst engage To satisfie his justice, and His wrath for to asswage.