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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 68: PSALM LXVIII.
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.
11 The public word of joy to us Was given out by [thee, O] God; Great was the company of them That [quickly] published it abroad.
11 The publick word of joy to us Was given out by [thee, O] God; Great was the company of them That [quickly] publisht it abroad.
12 Kings of great armies terrified, Were forced [apare] to flee away; And she that tarried at home Did [share and] distribute the prey.
12 Kings of great armies terrify'd, Were forc'd [apare] to flee away; And she that tarryed at home Did [share and] distribute the prey.
13 Though you have lien among the pots, Like [beauteous] doves you shall appear, Whose wings with silver and with gold Their [yellow] feathers covered are.
13 Though you have lien among the pots, Like [beauteous] doves you shall appear, Whose wings with silver and with gold Their [yellow] feathers cover'd are.