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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 103: PSALM CIII.
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.
10 He hath not dealt with us in wrath, According to our [heinous] sin; Nor strictly us rewarded hath As our [guilt and] deserts have bin.
10 He hath not dealt with us in wrath, According to our [hainous] sin; Nor strictly us rewarded hath As our [guilt and] deserts have bin.
11 But as the great and glorious heavens Than [this low] earth far higher are; God's mercy so transcendent is To all that do him [truly] fear.
11 But as the great and glorious heav'ns Than [this low] earth far higher are; God's mercy so transcendent is To all that do him [truly] fear.
12 As far as East is from the West, So far [from us] removed hath he Our hated and forsaken sin, And our [bewailed] iniquity.
12 As far as East is from the West, So far [from us] remov'd hath he Our hated and forsaken sin, And our [bewail'd] iniquity.