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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47401	The banquetting-house, or, A feast of fat things a divine poem, opening many sacred Scripture mysteries ... / written by Benjamin Keach, author of War with the Devil.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1692 (1692)	Wing K49; ESTC R18938	119,180	423

Lord to us is good indeed 'T is he new Creatures did us make VVe are his flock he doth us feed And for his sheep he doth us take 3 O enter now his House with praise Approach with joy his Courts likewise Praise laud and bless his Name always For this is comely in his Eyes 4 For why the Lord our God is good His Covenant it standeth sure 'T is ratify'd by Christ's own Blood And shall from age to age endure HYMN 63. The Seventh Part. Who make Christ their all Sing this as the 25th Psalm 1 LEt us make Christ our all Let 's see we him do love To us let all things seem but small Let 's value him above 2 House or Land Husband VVife Or Children who are dear Nay him esteem far above Life And unto him adhere 3 Deny all for his sake Exalt him evermore Then shall we him our all so make VVe never shall be poor 4 Let 's live to him always By whom we all live do VVithout him let not one soul rest As pi-as'd with things below 5 To him let 's give all praise His glory not divide For God did him to glory raise To bring down all our pride 6 On Ordinances do not rest VVithout you him enjoy Let him by us be so consest Let what will us annoy 7 Yet hold him fast be sure Let all go for his sake And him let 's love for evermore O thus your all him make HYMN 64. The Eighth Part. We must make Christ our all 1 WE must make Christ our all 'Cause God o're all is he And God doth him so high extoll All to him bend their Knee 2 'T is he who suffered All things too for our sake And all our Foes has conquered Your all him therefore make 3 He all our works hath wrought VVithout and too within VVithout his strength we can do nought Gainst Devil VVorld nor Sin 4 Nothing 's of any worth VVhen to him 't is compar'd To make him all God brought him forth A Body him prepar'd 5 To do all things for us If him therefore we have VVhat is there more that is precious That we of God can crave HYMN 65. The Ninth Part. 1 CHrist is the VVord in whom is life 'T is he shall have the glory Life to the Dead the truth of Types The truth of ancient story 2 Christ is a Prophet Priest and King A Prophet that 's all Light A Priest that stands 'twixt God and Man A King full of delight 3 Christ's Manhood is a Temple where The Holy God does rest Our Christ he is our Sacrifice Our Christ he is a Priest 4 Our Christ he is the Lord of Lords Christ is the King of Kings Christ is the Sun of Righteousness With healing in his wings 5 Our Christ he is the Tree of Life In Paradise he grows Whose Fruits do feed whose Leaves do heal Ah! Christ is Sharons Rose 6 Christ is our Meat Christ is our Drink Our Physick and our Health Our Peace our Strength our Joy our Crown Our Glory and our Wealth 7 Christ is our Father and our Friend Our Brother and our Love Our Head our Hope our Surety Our Advocate above HYMN 66. The Tenth Part. 1 CHrist is the Shepherd of his Sheep Christ is our Mediator Christ is the Root Christ is the Branch Christ is our Testator 2 Christ is the holy Lamb of God Christ is our Physician Christ is the Way Christ is the Door The Life of ev'ry Christian. 3 Christ is God's great Embassador Christ is the only Heir Christ is the bright and Morning-Star Christ is beyond compare 4 Christ is the Foundation sure Christ is the Corner Stone Christ is the Witness and the Truth Christ is the holy One 5 Christ is a bundle of sweet Myrrh Christ is the Apple-Tree The Lilly of the Valley too Christ he is all to me 6 Th' Captain of our Salvation And Christ is the true Vine And Christ is our Counsellor In Christ all glories shine 7 Christ is our Heav'n of Heav'ns Our Christ what shall we call Christ is the first Christ is the last Thus Christ is all in all The End of the Second Part. PART III. Containing Sacred Hymns of Praise ON THE Glorious Excellencies of the Holy Ghost Or Third Person of the blessed Trinity HYMN 67. Joh. 14. 16. But I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter 1 LOrd we thy People here on Earth Do meet with great sorrow Tho' each Soul knows what now he hath Yet knows not what to morrow 2 May him befall Afflictions are Oft great and may encrease Both from without and from within We meet with little peace 3 A Comforter O Lord we want O send us one we pray For to sustain each drooping Saint O send him strait away 4 Thou told'st us Lord thou wouldst send one To live with us for ever And thou didst Lord ascend thy Throne His presence to procure 5 The Holy Ghost O it is he Our comfort in him lyes There 's none else none can have we Besides to cease our cryes 6 We know O Lord he able is To speak unto our heart For troubles he whate're they be Can joy to us impart 7 And willing he is always too His helping-hand to lend He loves us dear and will appear We han't a sweeter Friend The Second Part. 1 Thy Spirit Lord is in thy stead Sweet comfort to afford And of him we do stand in need I'th'absence of our Lord. 2 He visits us and oft does grieve To see our Souls so sad And in our troubles doth relieve Us though our case be bad 3 He searches and does try our hearts To find our sorrows out And strives all causes to remove And so joy work about 4 According as he finds our state So unto us doth speak He does reprove as he sees cause Which makes our hearts to ake 5 But presently he smiles again When we do see our sin And puts a period to our pain And brings much comfort in 6 O he is God and can't mistake The state of any one And never will our Souls forsake Nor leave us all alone 7 But if he doth withdraw at all It is our Souls to try Where e're we be when we do call Ah he is always nigh The Third Part. 1 If thy Spirit Lord doth speak peace We peace besure have He can make all our sorrows cease And in all troubles save 2 All Comforters besides him be Unable to relieve Instead of comfort Job did see They did of joy bereave 3 The best of them we have below Can speak but to the Ear But Lord thy Spirit we all know Can make our hearts to hear 4 O then let us not grieve him Lord He is our blessed Fsiend If he to us don't help afford Our Souls will die i' th' end 5 But if we are truly sincere He will us never leave But in our straits he will appear And to us close will

to such degree Your sin it deaden may And therefore see you careful be To cherish it each day 6 And sing God's praise continually Who makes the Fire burn And pray that he would blow it up Till all your work is done 7 And also cry unto the Lor● This Fire to kindle 〈◊〉 ●bout And sweetly burn in ev'ry place And never be put out HYMN 91. Jer. 23. 29 Is not my Word like a Fire and like a Hammer to break the Rock in pieces 1 ROcks they are hard to work upon Yea 'gainst a mighty Hand The hardest Flint or Pebble-stone Whole long it cannot stand 2 If thou O Lord art pleas'd to take The Hammer up and strike Thou wilt Impression quickly make Though none can do the like 3 There 's none can break our flinty Rock Besides thy self alone Alas our power is too weak To break such hearts of stone 4 What can the Hammer do O Lord Thou the great Agent art The Instrument that is thy Word O smite upon the heart 5 And make it yield and square it then For thy own b●●ss●d design Thy Image on it Lord cut out Most holy and divine 6 And fit it for thy building too O set it in its place And life infuse into it so That it may shine with Grace The Second Part. 1 O let it be well polished And it also unite Unto thy building there to be A Jasper-stone most bright 2 That it may suit and well agree With the Foundation-stone Which is of Gold no Diamond More glorious ever shone 4 And then shall we when thus we be Into thy Building laid Have cause to sing unto our King By thy eternal aid 4 This Hammer of thy blessed Word Must drive the Nail quite home Or else Convictions will not stick Whenever they do come 5 The Precept Lord will not abide Nor Promise fast'ned be Nor no Conviction last in us Until drove home by thee 6 But since we find they fasten'd are Let us sing forth thy Praise And since thy Word so precious is Let us its Glory raise HYMN 92. Hymns on the Divine Authority of the Sacred Scriptures 1 THe sacred Scriptures are sublime Although mysterious be Their Matter shews they are divine Nay their divinity 2 Is seen by what they do treat of Or unto us make known There we●● read of great Jehovah The high and lofty One 3 Of his dread Essence nature pure And of the Unity Between the Father Son and Spirit Or holy Trinity 4 There do we read of his great works Who did this World frame How out of nothing by his Word All things at the first came 5 There we may see and wonder too How infinite Wisdom shone I● th' glorious compact made between The Father and the Son 6 In finding out and bringing in A way for to unite Justice and Mercy that so they Might equally shine bright 7 Here Justice doth with Mercy meet Like an endeared Brother And Mercy doth God's Justice greet And both do kiss each other 8 From hence ye may see cause to sing Th' Eternal One's high praise In bringing in of Jesus Christ With thankful hearts always The second Part. 1 Th' Antiquity of Scripture show That they are most divine For no Writings did the World know So soon as they did shine 2 This was the first and chiefest Book That e're was made or pen'd O therefore love in it to look Though you can't comprehend 3 The Mysteries that lye therein Hid from all carnal Eyes Yet since it hath so ancient been O see these lines ye prize 4 Their Royal descent from God alone Also does plain appear By their high Style and Majesty That shines in them most clear The Third Part. 1 The holiness which they promote To such a high degree May clearly ev'ry Soul convince Of their Authority 2 So pure and perfect is God's Word It silence may all them Who it oppose and Saints from hence It love and much esteem 3 This is the cause wherefore they love God's Words better than Gold Or Jewels rich which are esteem'd By most who them behold 4 They see God's Precepts are most just It doth all sins descry And ev'ry Lust and false way they Hate therefore bitterly 5 Th' admirable and sweet consent And blessed harmony That 's in the whole and ev'ry part Shews their divinity 6 The credit of their Pen-men too Whom none could ever charge With the least forgery or guile Doth prove to us at large 6 That they from God alone proceed Who did their Souls inspire In writing all-they written have That Grace we might admire The Fourth Part. 1 Their Prophecies accomplish'd were Which shews they are divine Exactly as to time and thing To matter and design 2 And the Miracles which were wrought These VVritings do confirm Must needs also herein be brought To shew from whence they came 3 The preservation they have had Was strange and marvellous And to their truth doth glory add For to be priz'd by us 4 The great success with which they met In midst of bitter Foes And how their power has prevail'd Their lasting glory shows 5 The VVorld by a few Fishermen By this most sacred Word Without the help of carnal force VVere turned to the Lord. The Fifth Part. 1 The harmony and joynt consent Of holy Men and good And Martyrs who seal'd to the Truth Of them with their dear Blood 2 Do shew their great veracity And may all Men convince They came from God therefore we must Bear up in their defence 3 Against all such who them oppose Or count them not divine For doubtless in all wise Mens sight By these their glory shine 4 The Evidence unto the heart VVhich to good Men they give Of God's great love who doth impart To all who them receive 5 In life and power his Image clear Bringing the old Man down Renewing of their inward Man So that they can't but own 6 The work which by this Word is wrought brought On them to be divine Thus from these hints which we have Gods VVord doth glorious shine 7 The very Heathen witness bear As to Matter of Fact Touching such things Scriptures declare That God and Christ did act The Sixth Part. 1 Berolus as Josephus shews Doth mention Noah's Flood And Pliny with some others speak How the most mighty God 2 Did Sodom turn by dreadful Flames Unto a dismal Lake Of Moses and his VVonders too VVe find the Egyptians speak 3 In their Records yea the Chaldeans And Grecians own the same And others shew with what high hand Isra'l from Egypt came 4 The Star which at Christ Jesus Birth To th' VVise-men did appear Pliny and Calcidius both Most plain and full declare 5 But there 's no need of Man's Record To Men we do not fly The witness of the glorious Lord Is full of certainty HYMN 93. Joh. 10. 35. And the Scripures cannot be broken c. 1 THe Scripture broken cannot be Let Men