A47611:757
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.
2 Because by thee they are sustained, Thy Tree shall never fall; It can't be dug up by the root, Our life is hid from all.
2 Because by thee they are sustain'd, Thy Tree shall never fall; It can't be dug up by the root, Our life is hid from all.
3 Like as the root is hid i'th' earth, And life does centre there, Even in the Root; so we by Faith Lord see how safe we are
3 Like as the root is hid i'th' earth, And life does center there, Even in the Root; so we by Faith Lord see how safe we are
4 In thy own self; none can hurt thee, Nor can they stop the course Of that sweet Sap that feeds our Tree; A blessed intercourse
5 There is between those souls of thine And thy own self, O Lord; We'll never fear what Foes can do, If sap thou dost afford.