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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 49: PSALM XLIX.
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 My heart shall knowledge meditate; I will [also] incline mine ear
4 To parables: And on the harp My sayings dark [I will] declare.
5 Why should I fear in evil days, When [fruits of] mine iniquities Of my own he'll surround me with [Many] deserved calamities.
5 Why should I fear in evil days, When [fruits of] mine iniquities Of my own he'll surround me with [Many] deserv'd calamities.
6 As for those men, who in their wealth And [worldly] treasure put their trust; And in their riches multitude, And great estates do [make their] boast.