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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 16: PSALM XVI.
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.
1 Lord keep me, for I trust in thee, My refuge and my [chosen] part.
1 LOrd keep me, for I trust in thee, My refuge and my [chosen] part.
2 My soul by thy command hath said That thou my [Lord and] Saviour art.
3 My goodness cannot profit thee, But it may reach [to men] on earth; To such as are my great delight, Thy [precious] Saints of heavenly birth.