P075 Specimens of the Different Versions.

P075 Specimens of the Different Versions.

30. Rhemish, 1582.

29 Otherwise what shal they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not againe at al?

30 Why also are they baptized for them? why also are we in danger every houre?

32 If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not againe?

33 Let us eate and drinke, for to morow we shal die.

31. The "Bay Psalm Book,"(1) 1640. See p. 63.

PSALM xix.

1 The heavens doe declare the majesty of God:

Also the firmament shews forth his handy-work abroad.

2 Day speaks to day, knowledge night hath to night declar’d.

There neither speach nor language is where their voyce is not heard.

3 Through all the earth their line is gone forth, and unto the utmost end of all the world their speaches reach also:

4 A Tabernacle hee in them pitcht for the Sun, Who Bridegroom like from’s chamber goes glad Giant’s-race to run.

5 From heaven’s utmost end, his course and compassing; to ends of it, and from the heat thereof is hid nothing.

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(FN1)This version was at first commonly called "The Bay Psalm Book;" but afterward "The New England Version of the Psalms." Its title is, "The VVhole | Booke of Psalmes | Faithfully Translated into English |

Metre. | Whereunto is prefixed a discourse de- | claring not only the lawfulness, but also | the necessity of the Heavenly Ordinance | of singing Scripture Psalmes in | the Churches of | God. | [Then follow quotations from Col. iii, 16, and James v, 13.] Imprinted | 1640. |