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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 30 › The Old Metre lengthened.
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.
7 When I enjoyed the Word at will, Thus [vainly] would I boast and say, ⟨p. 44⟩Tush, I am sure to feel no ill, This [health and] wealth shall not decay▪
7 When I enjoy'd the Word at will, Thus [vainly] would I boast and say, ⟨p. 44⟩Tush, I am sure to feel no ill, This [health and] wealth shall not decay▪
8 For thou, O Lord, of thy good grace, Hadst sent me [present] strength and aid; But when thou turnedst away thy face, My [troubled] mind was sore dismayed.
8 For thou, O Lord, of thy good grace, Hadst sent me [present] strength and aid; But when thou turn'dst away thy face, My [troubled] mind was sore dismaid.
9 Wherefore again yet did I cry To thee O [gracious] Lord of might, My God with plaints I did apply, And prayed [to him] both day and night. What gain is in my blood, said I, If [hasty] death destroy my days? Doth dust declare thy Majesty, Or yet thy [grace and] truth doth praise?
9 Wherefore again yet did I cry To thee O [gracious] Lord of might, My God with plaints I did apply, And pray'd [to him] both day and night. What gain is in my blood, said I, If [hasty] death destroy my days? Doth dust declare thy Majesty, Or yet thy [grace and] truth doth praise?