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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.
HYMN 19. Christ our Surety.
The Second Part, set after the Sacrament.
1 But thou wast able to sustain That heavy weight of sin; And for our Souls didst life obtain, And righteousness bring in.
1 BUt thou wast able to sustain That heavy weight of sin; And for our Souls didst life obtain, And righteousness bring in.
2 'Twas from the worth and dignity Which in thy Person lay, Thou didst God's justice satisfy, And all our debts defray.
2 'Twas from the worth and dignity Which in thy Person lay, Thou didst God's justice satisfie, And all our debts defray.