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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.
16 Be not discouraged by fear, When wicked men grow [great and] rich; And when the glory of their house, [Their pomp] and power increaseth much.
16 Be not discouraged by fear, When wicked men grow [great and] rich; And when the glory of their house, [Their pomp] and pow'r increaseth much.
17 For he shall carry nothing hence, When [certain] death his days shall end; Nor shall his glory after him Into the [loathsome] grave descend.
18 Though he his flattered soul did bless, Whilst he on earth [in wealth] did live; And when thy courses prosperous are, [Worldly] men will thee praises give.
18 Though he his flatter'd soul did bless, Whil'st he on earth [in wealth] did live; And when thy courses prosperous are, [Worldly] men will thee praises give.