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Spiritual Songs

Being the Marrow of the 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. The Second Edition; With a Table of Contents. By Benjamin Keach

Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

SEVERAL Scripture Songs

A FEAST OF Fat Things &c.

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HYMN 2. The Immensity of GOD,

1

The Praise of the dread Majesty
of the great God above,
With trembling Heart I would sing forth,
O with him fall in Love!

2

But what am I? poor sorry Dust
that I should God admire!
Be silent then, and let's give place
unto the Heavenly Quire!

3

Thousands, and ten Thousands more
of glorious Angels, stand

Round thy high Throne, and Thee adore
in Songs at thy Command.

4

Hosannahs they sing unto Thee,
O Lord, continually.
They worship and most perfect be;
but, Ah! what, Lord, am I?

5

A Person of polluted Lips!
how shall I then express
The depth of thy Immensity?
or thy Infiniteness?

6

I from thy Presence cannot go;
what place, alass! is there
To hide from Thee? for I do know,
Lord, thou art every where!