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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 › TETH 9.
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.
68 Thou art essential Love and Good, All good proceeds from thee, Thy Statutes to believe and keep; O throughly teach thou me.
69 The proud and wicked men have forged Against me many a lye, But I with my whole heart will keep Thy Precepts constantly.
69 The proud and wicked men have forg'd Against me many a lye, But I with my whole heart will keep Thy Precepts constantly.
70 Their hearts are fat with pride and wealth; They live in mirth and ease, But in thy Law do I delight, And thee my God to please.
71 It proved very good for me, That thou didst me correct, To understand and keep thy Law Thy rod did me direct: