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Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns…
Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns / left fitted for the press by his own hand.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Mr. Baxter's PARAPHRASE ON THE PSALMS. › Psalm 62: PSALM LXII.
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.
9 Surely low men are vanity, And [high and] great men are a lie; Together in the balance put, [They] lighter [are] than vanity.
9 Surely low men are vanity, And [high and] great men are a lie; Together in the ballance put, [They] lighter [are] than vanity.
10 Trust ye not in oppression then, In theft [and wrong] become not vain: Set not your hearts on wealth, and on The increase of your [worldly] gain.
11 This God hath spoken once, and twice This [certain] truth I heard again; That all disposing Ruling Power To God [alone] doth appertain.
12 And to distribute Mercy doth Belong to thee [O Lord] alone; For thou according to his work Renderest [in time] to every one.
12 And to distribute Mercy doth Belong to thee [O Lord] alone; For thou according to his work Rendrest [in time] to every one.