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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 3: The Third Part. The praise of the sacred 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.
2 Let Heaven above be filled with Songs Who see how they do shine On Earth beneath, let all Mens Tongues Sing forth his praise divine.
2 Let Heaven above be fill'd with Songs Who see how they do shine On Eath beneath, let all Mens Tongues Sing forth his praise divine.
3 If sullen Man refuse to speak, (Since Heaven and Earth combine,) Let Rocks and stones their silence break, And sing his praise divine.
4 Ah! 'twas this sacred Bridal Knot To tie thou didst design; O let such love ne'er be forgot, Such sacred love of thine.
4 Ah! 'twas this sacred Bridal Knot To tye thou didst design; O let such love ne're be forgot, Such sacred love of thine.
5 Ye holy Seraphims above, O haste and come away, Who do admire Jesus love, Sing ye his praise each day.