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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.
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.
8 He lurks in Towns and Villages To [catch and] kill the innocent; In secret his malicious eyes Against the [helpless] poor are ben•.
9 He Lion-like lurks in his den, And waits the [humbled] poor to take, ⟨p. 13⟩And drawn into his own made net, Him as his [lawful] prey doth make.
10 He croucheth low, that so the poor In his strong [cruel] paws may fall:
10 He crowcheth low, that so the poor In his strong [cruel] paws may fall:
11 His heart saith, God doth not regard, But [winks and] will not see at all.