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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.
15 And that the days of man on earth Are like the grass [in field] that grows.
16 There flowers flourish, but sharp winds Blast them, and they are [quickly] gone; And to the place which they perfumed And beautified [they are] unknown.
16 There flowers flourish, but sharp winds Blast them, and they are [quickly] gone; And to the place which they persum'd And beautify'd [they are] unknown.
17 But unto such as do him fear, God's [boundless] mercy hath no end; And his sure love and righteousness To [Children's] Children doth extend.
17 But unto such as do him fear, God's [boundless] mercy hath no end; And his sure love and righteousness To [Childrens] Children doth extend.
18 To such as keep his Covenant, And his Commandments [keep in] mind; And them sincerely do obey, And therein [their chief] pleasure find.