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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 O Lord we have a mighty Cause, And still it does depend! Ah! we have broke all God's just Laws, Wilt thou our Souls be friend,
1 O Lord we have a mighty Cause, And still it does depend! Ah! we have broke all God's just Laws, VVilt thou our Souls be friend,
2 To take in hand our Cause to plead? Thou art our Advocate; ⟨p. 91⟩We dare not, Lord, lift up our head, Our Case for to relate.
2 To take in hand our Cause to plead? Thou art our Advocate; ⟨p. 91⟩VVe dare not, Lord, lift up our head, Our Case for to relate.
3 But thou allied art to the Judge, And for our Souls didst die; The Merits of thy Blood mayst urge, To thee we all do fly.
3 But thou ally'd art to the Judge, And for our Souls didst die; The Merits of thy Blood may'st urge, To thee we all do fly.