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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 40: PSALM XL.
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 Then said I [to thee] Lo, I come, For so of me it written is Even in thy [sacred] book's Volume.
7 Then said I [to thee] Loe, I come, For so of me it written is Even in thy [sacred] book's Volumne.
8 My God, I come to do thy will, It is my [work and] great delight; My heart within the Tables is Where thou thy [holy] Law didst write.
9 In the great Congregation I Thy [truth and] righteousness did preach; Thou knowest, Lord, I did not refrain By [sinful] silence holy speech.
9 In the great Congregation I Thy [truth and] righteousness did preach; Thou know'st, Lord, I did not refrain By [sinful] silence holy speech.
10 I have not in my heart concealed Thy [sacred] truth and righteousness, But openly I have declared Thy [saving] grace and faithfulness. Thy loving kindness I declared, I did it not [from men] conceal; To thy great Congregations Thy [holy] truth I did reveal.