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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 78: PSALM LXXVIII.
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.
55 Before them cast the heathen out, Their land to them he did divide, And made the tribes of Israel In their tents to dwell and abide.
56 Yet did they tempt the most high God, Him by their sin provoked they, And did not his commandments Unfeignedly keep and obey.
56 Yet did they tempt the most high God, Him by their sin provoked they, And did not his commandements Unfeignedly keep and obey.
57 But like their fathers turned back, And dealt with God unfaithfully; Like a deceitful warping bow, Which turned aside, doth shoot awry.
57 But like their fathers turned back, And dealt with God unfaithfully; Like a deceitful warping bow, Which turn'd aside, doth shoot awry.
58 They to displeasure him provoked With Altars set in places high; And with their graven Images They moved him to jealousy.