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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 32: PSALM XXXII.
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.
4 Through painful weary days and nights I bare thy [just and] heavy hand; My strength and moisture are consumed Like [Summers] drought on scorched land.
4 Through painful weary days and nights I bare thy [just and] heavy hand; My strength and moisture are consum'd Like [Summers] drought on scorched land.
5 My sin I then acknowledging, With [humbling] grief my self did blame; ⟨p. 48⟩I did confess it all to thee, And did bewail my [guilt and] shame, When my repenting soul resolved All to confess [with grief] to God, Thou mercifully didst forgive, And oft lay by thy [chastening] rod.
5 My sin I then acknowleding, With [humbling] grief my self did blame; ⟨p. 48⟩I did confess it all to thee, And did bewail my [guilt and] shame, When my repenting soul resolv'd All to confess [with grief] to God, Thou mercifully didst forgive, And oft lay by thy [chastening] rod.
6 Such mercy shall encourage all The godly still [in hope] to pray, And seek to thee in their distress, In an accepted [finding] day. Surely when waters great do swell, And [threatening] floods cause me to fear; Him (that thus seeks and trusts in thee) They shall not [hurt or] once come near.
6 Such mercy shall encourage all The godly still [in hope] to pray, And seek to thee in their distress, In an accepted [finding] day. Surely when waters great do swell, And [threatning] floods cause me to fear; Him (that thus seeks and trusts in thee) They shall not [hurt or] once come near.