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Spiritual Melody

Containing near Three Hundred Sacred Hymns. By Benjamin Keach

Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

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PART I. SACRED HYMNS, Setting forth The Glory and excellent Perfections of GOD the FATHER.

THE INTRODUCTION.

HYMN 1.

HYMN 2.

HYMN 3.

Isa. 26. 20. A Storm a coming.

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PART II SACRED HYMNS To the Praise of Jesus Christ: In which his transcending Excellencies are set forth.

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PART III. Containing Sacred Hymns of Praise ON THE Glorious Excellencies of the Holy Ghost, Or Third Person of the blessed Trinity.

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PART IV. Containing SACRED HYMNS Illustrating the glorious Excellencies of God's holy WORD, and blessed Gospel.

PART V. Containing SACRED HYMNS Setting out and illustrating the transcendent Excellencies of the GRACES of the HOLY SPIRIT.

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PART VI. Containing divers SACRED HYMNS, Setting forth The Nature, Work, Office, and Excellencies of the holy Angels, and the Spirit or Soul of Man.

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PART VII. Containing several SACRED HYMNS, Setting forth The Glory of God's CHURCH: Likewise Of Afflictions, the Day of Grace; And of the four last things, viz. Death and Judgment, Heaven and Hell.

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PART VIII. SACRED HYMNS of Praise, on several Occasions: As they have been sung in several Congregations.

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PART IX. Containing part of some Select PSALMS of DAVID.

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HYMN 1.

[A Father doth his Child beget]

Math. 5. 16. Glorifie your Father which is in Heaven.

[The First Part.]

A Father doth his Child beget,
So we begotten are,
By thy own Word and Spirit Lord,
And do thine Image bear.

He likewise doth his Children cloath,
And doth them also love;
So thou most richly cloaths all such
That are born from above.

A Father feeds and does protect
Such who his Children be:
So thou dost feed and save all those
Who do belong to thee.

And also doth delight in them
Who him resemble do:
To such who are most like to thee,
Thou dost chief favour show.

Second Part.

A Father loves his Children should
All live in Unity;
So thou delights to see thy Saints
Walk in sweet Harmony.

He ever does o'relook the faults,
Which he in them does spy:
So all thy People's faults likewise
Thou dost, O Lord, pass by.

'Tis a high honour to descend
From such who Noble be;
Kings Children are all but base born,
To those, Lord, born of thee.

Rich Parents may soon poor be made,
And also they do die:
Thou Lord art rich, and so wilt be
Unto Eternity.

All praise and glory unto God
Our Father, be therefore:
And unto Christ that ransom'd us,
Be Praise for evermore.