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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 116: PSALM CXVI.
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.
2 While I have life I'll call on him. Who bowed to me his [gracious] ear.
2 While I have life I'le call on him. Who bow'd to me his [gracious] ear.
3 The sorrows of expected death My [flesh and] heart did compass round; The pains of Hell took hold on me, Trouble and [grievous] pain I found.
4 Upon the name of God, my help, Then did I [daily] call, and say, Deliver thou my grieved soul, O Lord, I do thee [humbly] pray.
5 Our God is merciful and just, Yea [very] gracious is the Lord;