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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 119 › ALEPH 1.
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 Blessed are they that give themselves His statutes to observe; Seeking the Lord with all their heart, And never from him swerve.
3 Such men go not so far astray, As wickedly to live; But to walk in God's holy way Themselves sincerely give.
4 It is thy will and just command, That with attentive heed, Thy holy and divine Precepts We learn and keep indeed.
5 O that my ways were so reformed And guided all by thee; ⟨p. 200⟩That wholly thy statutes to keep I might addicted be.
5 O that my ways were so reform'd And guided all by thee; ⟨p. 200⟩