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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 72: PSALM LXXII.
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.
16 The corn that grows on mountain tops [Prospering] the reaper's hand shall fill; The fruit thereof shall wave and shake Like trees on [woody] Lebanon hill. His City shall be flourishing, With [store of] Citizens abound; Even as the green and plenteous grass Doth flourish on the [fertile] ground.
16 The corn that grows on mountain tops [Prosp'ring] the reaper's hand shall fill; The fruit thereof shall wave and shake Like trees on [woody] Lebanon hill. His City shall be flourishing, With [store of] Citizens abound; Even as the green and plenteous grass Doth flourish on the [fertile] ground.
17 His name shall last: His father's name By him [his son] continue shall; And men in him shall blessed be, All nations [him shall] blessed call.
18 And blessed be his holy name For ever by all [living] men: