A47611:731
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.
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.
5 Thou makest a sweet and lovely day When once thou dost arise; And dries up the filth that in our way Did lye before our eyes.
5 Thou mak'st a sweet and lovely day When once thou dost arise; And dries up th'filth that in our way Did lye before our eyes.
6 'Tis thou who makes a lovely spring; Those things which seemed dead, When thou drawest near are flourishing, And forth their glories spread.
6 'Tis thou who makes a lovely spring; Those things which seemed dead, VVhen thou draw'st near are flourishing, And forth their glories spread.