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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.
1 No Lamb so innocent as thou, Nor none so lovely are; And in a bosom thou didst lye, With whom none can compare.
2 The best of all the flock above, The chief of all below: Behold him then, and fall in love Ye would if you did know
3 The worth of him▪ and the great need You have of precious food: By Faith you must on this Lamb feed, And also drink his blood:
4 Or else you shall be sure to die, His Flesh is meat indeed; So is his Blood: O will you try? There's nothing more you need.
5 Ye who do eat his Flesh shall live, And never shall ye die; His Flesh and Blood to you does give, Take it then thankfully,