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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 133: PSALM CXXXIII.
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 Behold and try how good it is, What [holy] pleasure it doth give, When holy brethren serving God, In [love and] unity do live.
1 BEhold and try how good it is, What [holy] pleasure it doth give, When holy brethren serving God, In [love and] unity do live.
2 It perfumes like the precious Oil, [Which] poured [was] on Aaron's head; Which down his beard and garments all, Its [sacred] fragrant odour spread.
2 It perfumes like the precious Oyl, [Which] poured [was] on Aarons head; Which down his beard and garments all, Its [sacred] fragrant odour spread.
3 As fruitful dews from Hermon hill, [Which] waters [all] the lower ground; And streaming showers from Zion's Mount Make [the low] Vales with fruit abound.