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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 'Twas hard work to redeem thy Church, Thou sweatest great drops of Blood; Never did any Man sweat such, 'Twas only for our good.
2 'Twas hard work to redeem thy Church, Thou sweat'st great drops of Blood; Never did any Man sweat such, 'Twas only for our good.
3 Hard work it was to war and fight Against those cruel foes, Which sought our ruin day and night, But thou layest on such blows,
4 That all infernal spirits yield, Sin, World and Death also Thou hast o'ercome, and won the field, This does thy power show.
4 That all infernal spirits yield, Sin, World and Death also Thou hast o'recome, and won the field, This does thy power show.
5 'Twas hard to die, that was thy work, And more must yet be done; Thy Temple build, and Vineyard plant, Fell to thy lot alone.