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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.
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 Why do the rebel Nations rage, And [People] hatch a vain design?
1 WHy do the rebel Nations rage, And [People] hatch a vain design?
2 The Kings of Earth do set themselves, And [wicked] Rulers do combine, Against God and his Christ they say, Let us cast off [and break] the bands,
3 And cast away those cords (his Laws) Which tie up hearts [and tongues] and hands▪
3 And cast away those cords (his Laws) Which tye up hearts [and tongues] and hands▪
4 But he whose Glory is in Heaven, Their [Rebel] Counsels shall deride, Their purposes the Lord will scorn, Their [boasting] tongues he will divide.