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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 Thou like the Sun communicates Thy glorious influence Of grace and goodness to thy Saints, Thou hast preeminence.
1 Thou like the Sun communicates Thy glorious influence Of grace and goodness to thy Saints, Thou hast preheminence.
2 What a dark world would this be Were there no Sun to shine? What darkness, Lord, ah! should we see, Had we no beams of thine?
3 'Tis thou that dost expel away Dark vapours of the night; Thick mists and fogs they all do fly When thou appearest in sight,
3 'Tis thou that dost expell away Dark vapours of the night; Thick mists and fogs they all do fly When thou appear'st in sight,
4 Most powerfully dost thou expel The darkness that's within; And makes the soul in light to dwell, By vanquishing our sin.
4 Most pow'rfully dost thou expell The darkness that's within; And makes the soul in light to dwell, By vanquishing our sin.