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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
Part 2 › Hymn 38: HYMN 38. Christ a Garment of Sanctification.
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 'Tis true, Lord, once in ancient time We gloriously were clad; Our beauty was then in its prime, Not long we so abode,
3 But we were, Lord, beset with Thieves, Who tore our Robes away; And in our blood and nakedness We a long season lay.
4 But thou in mercy didst pass by, And with us fell in love; Though nothing in us couldst espy Affections great to move.
4 But thou in mercy didst pass by, And with us fell in love; Though nothing in us could'st espy Affections great to move.
5 Our souls thou didst in the first place Most graciously wash clean; And then didst clothe us with thy grace, Ne'er braver Robes were seen.
5 Our souls thou didst in the first place Most graciously wash clean; And then didst cloath us with thy grace, Ne're braver Robes were seen.