A47611:783
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 Lay down your arms, his terms are good, O cease this wicked war; You have too long, alas, withstood Heaven's blessed Ambassador.
2 Lay down your arms, his terms are good, O cease this wicked war; You have too long, alas, withstood Heav'ns bless'd Embassador.
3 He will not wait on you always, If you do not comply, You will ere long see bloody days, For all of you must die.
3 He will not wait on you always, If you do not comply, You will e're long see bloody days, For all of you must die.
4 Whilst you oppose such mercy great, What wretches are you all; You summoned are to th' Judgment Seat, O great will be your fall,
4 VVhilst you oppose such mercy great, VVhat wretches are you all; You summon'd are to th' Judgment Seat, O great will be your fall,