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Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…

Name: Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
Author: Cotton Mather

Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original; but all in blank verse. : Fitted unto the tunes commonly used in our churches. Which pure offering is accompanied with illustrations, digging for hidden treasures in it; and rules to employ it upon the glorious and various intentions of it. : Whereunto are added, some other portions of the sacred Scripture, to enrich the cantional.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718

[2], xxxv, [1], 426 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) · 119k words · Evans 1946

Title page: Oberlin College Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Title page

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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PSALTERIUM Americanum.

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The BOOK of PSALMS, In a Translation Exactly conformed unto the ORIGINAL; BUT ALL IN Blank Verse, Fitted unto the TUNES commonly used in our CHURCHES. Which Pure Offering is accompanied with ILLUSTRATIONS, digging for Hidden Treasures in it; And RULES to Employ it upon the Glorious and Various Intentions of it. Whereto are added, Some other Portions of the SACRED SCRIPTURE, to Enrich the CANTIONAL.

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BOSTON: in N. E. Printed by S. KNEELAND, for B. ELIOT, S. GERRISH, D. HENCHMAN, and J. EDWARDS, and Sold at their Shops. 1718.

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THE INTRODUCTION: To be Attentively perused, that so the whole BOOK may have the Good and Great ENDS of it, the more effectually Accomplished.

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Place

Boston

Printer

S. Kneeland

Bookseller

B. Eliot

Year

1718

Size

[2], xxxv, [1], 426 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Words

118,775

Catalogue

Evans 1946

Text

Evans-TCP N01640

Passages

3,865

Sections

364

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

THE INTRODUCTION: To be Attentively perused, that so the whole BOOK may have the Good and Great ENDS of it, the more effectually Accomplished.

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