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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.
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.
13 As loving Parents (taught of God) Pity to their [dear] Children bear; The Lord of Love will pity them That serve him with true [child-like] fear.
14 For he remembers flesh is dust; Our [frail and] mortal frame he knows: