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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.
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.
3 Thou being God as well as Man, Thy Merits have such worth, As a compensation full to make, And liberty bring forth,
4 For us who did in Prison lye, Being bound with cruel bonds, Which none could loose assuredly, But thy own blessed hands.