A47611:329
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.
4 His dear affections, for alas! We loathsome were to see; And were in a most dismal case Through our iniquity.
4 His dear affections, for alas! We loathsom were to see; And were in a most dismal case Through our iniquity.
5 But yet thy love it was so great, A Journey didst thou take From Heaven to Earth, that so thou might• A Marriage with us make.
5 But yet thy love it was so great, A Journey didst thou take From Heav'n to Earth, that so thou might• A Marriage with us make.
But ah! what didst thou suffer first Before this could be done; or we were Cast, Lord, for our Lives, And Condemned every one.
But ah! what didst thou suffer first Before this could be done; or we were Cast, Lord, for our Lives, And Condemn'd every one.