A27939:2764
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.
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.
37 Whose word can stand, when God gain-says? Who can o'erthrow his [potent] will?
37 Whose word can stand, when God gain-says? Who can o'rethrow his [potent] will?
38 The good or ill that us befalls, His [word and] counsel do fulfil.
38 The good or ill that us befals, His [word and] counsel do fulfil.
39 Why should a man, chastised for sin, Who's yet alive [grudge and] complain?
39 Why should a man, chastis'd for sin, Who's yet alive [grudge and] complain?
40 It's better search and try our ways, [Repent] and turn to God again.