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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.
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.
6 Ah! at this door our joys come in, This is the blessed spring Of all true good; for having thee, We have, Lord, every thing.
6 Ah! at this door our joys come in, This is the blessed spring Of all true good; for having thee, We have, Lord, ev'ry thing.