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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.
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.
5 Then shall he speak in wrath to those His [gentle] yoke who could not bear; His sore displeasure shall them vex When they this [Divine] Sentence hear.
5 Then shall he speak in wrath to those His [gentle] yoak who could not bear; His sore displeasure shall them vex When they this [Divine] Sentence hear.
6 Yet have I set my chosen King On Zion's [Sacred] Hill to reign. His Kingdom's Glory I'll declare, And God's decree [I will] proclaim.