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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
Part 2 › Hymn 20 › Part 2: The second Part. The glorious Bridegroom.
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.
Are we espoused to such a Prince, The King of Heaven and Earth? Who has o'er all preeminence, Whose glories thus shine forth.
Are we espous'd to such a Prince, The King of Heav'n and Earth? Who has o're all preheminence, Whose glories thus shine forth.
Angelic Nature didst pass by, And set thy tender heart On such as we: O let us cry, Thou lovely, lovely art.
Angelick Nature didst pass by, And set thy tender heart On such as we: O let us cry, Thou lovely, lovely art.
4 Yet ah! how long was it before Thou couldst make us to yield? We were so dark, but now, O Lord, Thou, thou hast won the Field.
5 Let us our selves give up to thee, As overcome with love; And comfort us continually With Cordials from above.