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The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament
The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament: faithfully translated into English metre. ; For the use, edification and comfort of the saints in public and private: especially in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture references and texts]The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament: faithfully translated into English metre. ; For the use, edification and comfort of the saints in publick and private: especially in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture references and texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1698
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
verse 3 I am for my beloved one, and my beloved for me: And feed among the lily-flowers continually doth he. verse 4 Thou art my love, as Tirza neat, fair as Jerusalem; Yea, terrible as is an host that doth with banners stream.
verse 3 I am for my beloved one, and my belov'd for me: And feed among the lilly-flowers continually doth he. verse 4 Thou art my love, as Tirza neat, fair as Jerusalem; Yea, terrible as is an host that doth with banners stream.
verse 5 Turn thou from me thine eyes, because they have me overcome: ⟨p. 378⟩Thine hair is as a flock of goats which look from Gilead down. verse 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep up from the washing gone, Whereof each one bears twins, of them there's not a barren one
verse 7 And in such wise within thy locks thy temples placed are: That to a piece of pomegranate the same I may compare. verse 8 Of Queens threescore, & fourscore is of Concubines, the count, There are so many virgins as all number do surmount.
verse 7 And in such wise within thy locks thy temples placed are: That to a peice of pomegranate the same I may compare. verse 8 Of Queens threescore, & fourscore is of Concubines, the count, There are so many virgins as all number do surmount.