A47611:949
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.
The second Part.
1 What kind of House thou didst intend To build, we may perceive If the Foundation we observe, And not our selves deceive,
2 It is a Precious-stone we see, No Jasper is so rare, And all the Building ought to be As precious, lovely, fair.
3 All Gold and Silver, Precious-stones, No Wood, Hay nor Stubble; And living ones they must be all, Believers meek and humble.
4 As the Foundation doth uphold The whole Fabric; Thou dost bear up each Stone, O Lord, All Members to thee stick:
4 As the Foundation doth uphold The whole Fabrick; Thou dost bear up each Stone, O Lord, All Members to thee stick: