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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.
3 Thou art the Head of human race, The Head of every Man; The Head too of thy Church also, Thy glory no tongue can
4 Set forth according to thy worth, Most great in dignity; And of such high and noble birth, All Beings dost outvie.
5 'Tis by thy glorious influence The body is sustained; As thou hast the preeminence, Thou hast all glories gained.
5 'Tis by thy glorious influence The body is sustain'd; As thou hast the preheminence, Thou hast all glories gain'd.
6 Each member is supplied by thee, And held in sacred bonds; And nourished are continually, And under thy commands.
6 Each member is supply'd by thee, And held in sacred bonds; And nourish'd are continually, And under thy commands.