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Spiritual songs being the marrow of Scripture in songs of praise to Almighty God…
Spiritual songs being the marrow of Scripture in songs of praise to Almighty God from the Old and New Testament : with a hundred divine hymns on several occasions as now practised in several congregations in and about London : with a table of contents / by Benjamin Keach, author of the war with the devil.
London: printed for John Marshal, 1700
A FEAST OF Fat Things &c. Containing, One Hundred Sacred Hymns, &c. › Hymn 58: HYMN 58.
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.
HYMN 58.
Christ's Vine-yard.
1 Thy Vine-yard, Lord, was purchased, though wild it once did lie, And Barren was as any Ground thou couldst on Earth espy; 2 But thou much cost and pains hast shown, that it might fruitful be. Thy Sun doth shine, and Rain doth fall on it continually.
1 THy Vine-yard, Lord, was purchased, though wild it once did ly, And Barren was as any Ground thou couldst on Earth espy; 2 But thou much cost and pains hast shewn, that it might fruitful be. Thy Sun doth shine, and Rain doth fall on it continually.
3 All Praise therefore to God on High, how great is thy blest Care ⟨p. 64⟩Of thy Own Church, and every Soul who truly are sincere. 5 We will the Praises of the Lord in sacred Hymns set forth; And sing therefore with one accord, whilst we do live on Earth,