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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.
9 That he should always live on earth, And not [common] corruption see.
10 For that both wise and fools do die, They [daily] see and must perceive; And worldly brutish men at death Their [loved] wealth to others leave.
10 For that both wise and fools do die, They [daily] see and must perceive; And wordly bruitish men at death Their [loved] wealth to others leave.
11 Their inward thought is that their house And [stately] dwelling-places shall Stand through all ages; they their lands [Therefore] by their own names do call.
12 Nevertheless none of them all [On earth] abide in honour must; Their flesh must perish as the beasts, That dyes and turns to [common] dust.