A47611:515
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.
4 'Tis thou, Lord Christ, whose work is Thy people all to bless; Which thou dost do by turning them From sin and wickedness.
5 Thou blesses them with grace and peac• These blessings are indeed; Those who are blessed, Lord by thee, From Death and Hell are freed.
6 Thou, as the High Priest did of old, Entered the Holy place; So thou didst enter Heaven it self, Filled full of precious grace.
6 Thou, as the High Priest did of old, Enter'd the Holy place; So thou didst enter Heaven it self, Fill'd full of precious grace.
7 And 'twas by blood thou didst go in, That Blood of thine most dear; And hast atonement made for sin, And therefore dost appear
7 And 'twas by blood thou didst go in, That Blood of thine most dear; And hast attonement made for sin, And therefore dost appear