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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 107: PSALM CVII.
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.
39 But yet in this unconstant state They are diminished again; ⟨p. 185⟩And for their sins they are brought low; Oppressed, afflicted, and in pain.
39 But yet in this unconstant state They are diminished again; ⟨p. 185⟩And for their sins they are brought low; Opprest, afflicted, and in pain.
40 On Princes he doth pour contempt; And wandering causeth them to stay In desert places for their sin, Where desolate they find no way:
40 On Princes he doth pour contempt; And wandring causeth them to stay In desart places for their sin, Where desolate they find no way:
41 Yet setteth he the poor on high, From their contempt and miseries; And like to great increasing flocks, Giveth them prosperous families.