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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 69: HYMN 69.
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 Axe lifted up: Or, Wrath Pursuing the Sinner.
The Ax lifted up: Or, Wrath Pursuing the Sinner.
1 O Lord, thou Just and Holy One, we the Admire do, That Fruitless Trees are not cut down; this doth thy Mercy show: 2 Thy Axe is up, O let us fear, for thou most Righteous art, The natural branches didst not spare; therefore with trembling Heart
1 O Lord, thou Just and Holy One, wee the Admire do, That Fruitless Trees are not cut down; this doth thy Mercy show: 2 Thy Ax is up, O let us fear, for thou most Righteous art, The natural branches did'st not spare; therefore with trembling Heart
3 Let sinners now to Jesus fly, that grafted they may be In him, by Faith, most speedily; no other way can we 4 Find out, for to escape thy Wrath; and blessed be thy Name, That ever Jesus, out of Love, to Save us, hither came.
5 O let us all good Trees be found, and fruitful also be; Make thou our Hearts Sincere and Sound, and we'll rejoice in Thee; 6 And sing thy Praise, O Lord, most High, for we have Blessings store; Help us dear God, our Wants supply, and we'll sing Evermore.