Title page of Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns…, London, 1692Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns…Richard Baxter, 1692

PSALM II.

pp. 2–313 passages

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.

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PSALM II.

:48p. 2¶1

1 Why do the rebel Nations rage, And [People] hatch a vain design?

1 WHy do the rebel Nations rage, And [People] hatch a vain design?

:49p. 2¶2

2 The Kings of Earth do set themselves, And [wicked] Rulers do combine, Against God and his Christ they say, Let us cast off [and break] the bands,

:50p. 2¶3

3 And cast away those cords (his Laws) Which tie up hearts [and tongues] and hands▪

3 And cast away those cords (his Laws) Which tye up hearts [and tongues] and hands▪

:51p. 2¶4

4 But he whose Glory is in Heaven, Their [Rebel] Counsels shall deride, Their purposes the Lord will scorn, Their [boasting] tongues he will divide.

:52p. 2¶5

PSALM II.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

PSALM II.