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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 139: PSALM CXXXIX.
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.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, Though [formed] in a secret place; In the low sordid earthly parts, [By thee] I wisely fashioned was.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, Though [formed] in a secret place; In the low sordid earthly parts, [By thee] I wisely fashion'd was.
16 Thine eyes my unshaped substance saw, My parts were [written] in thy book; And in continuance formed were, When none [as yet] had fashion took.
16 Thine eyes my unshap'd substance saw, My parts were [written] in thy book; And in continuance formed were, When none [as yet] had fashion took.
17 How precious also are the thoughts Of thee, O [gracious] God, to me! How great their sum? more than the sand
18 In number [they if] counted be. I when I wake am still with thee;