A47611:582
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 Great Vessels, Lord, thy Churches be, Yet all these thou dost fill; A gracious measure they all have, According to thy will.
3 A bigger Vessel we espy Thou empty wilt anon; And fill it full of grace likewise Before that thou hast done.
4 This Vessel, Lord, is the whole Earth That now abounds with sin; Thou wilt it empty o'er a while, And fill it full again.
4 This Vessel, Lord, is the whole Earth That now abounds with sin; Thou wilt it empty o're a while, And fill it full agen.
5 Nay, thou wilt turn it upside down, As some their Vessels do; To empty it of wickedness, Which now aboundeth so.