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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.
2 That thou dost know what 'tis likewise Will ease us of our pain; Nay, perfectly so cure us, We sick shan't be again.
3 And thou wast authorized too, The Father licensed thee; And did appoint thee to this work, Physician of Souls to be.
3 And thou wast authorized too, The Father licens'd thee; And did appoint thee to this work, Physician of Souls to be.
4 And thou approved hast been oft; The works which thou didst do, Did witness bear to thy great skill, Authority also.
5 Thou knowest our constitution sins, And from whence they proceed; The cause of each disease within, And how we may be freed
5 Thou know'st our constitution sins, And from whence they proceed; The cause of each disease within, And how we may be freed