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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 36: PSALM XXXVI.
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 His profane mouth in his discourse Doth [daily] speak deceit and sin; For to be wise, and to do good, [This shows] he wants a heart within.
3 His prophane mouth in his discourse Doth [daily] speak deceit and sin; For to be wise, and to do good, [This shews] he wants a heart within.
4 Even on his bed iniquity Is his device and [busy] thought; He sets himself in ways not good, And hates not what is [vain and] naught.
4 Even on his bed iniquity Is his device and [busie] thought; He sets himself in ways not good, And hates not what is [vain and] naught.
5 Thy mercies, Lord, are very great, And do the [highest] heavens transcend; Thy truth and constant faithfulness Do to the [roaring] clouds extend.
5 Thy mercies, Lord, are very great, And do the [highest] heav'ns transcend; Thy truth and constant faithfulness Do to the [rowring] clouds extend.