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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 127: PSALM CXXVII.
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 Except the Lord do build house, [It's but] vain pains the builders take: Except the Lord the City keep, [It's but] in vain the Watchmen wake.
1 EXcept the Lord do build house, [It's but] vain pains the builders take: Except the Lord the City keep, [It's but] in vain the Watchmen wake.
2 It's vain for you betime to rise, And late [your selves] from rest to keep; To eat the bread of grief and care, While God's beloved [rest and] sleep.
3 Good Children are God's heritage, The womb's [blest] fruit [is] his reward: