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Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
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.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718
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.
4 Take the Patrician Paraphrase. Our Hearts shall be quiet and still; like the River that runs through our City, from whence the Inhabitants draw by Trenches, delightful Streams to Water their Gardens. —The small Forces that guard this place, which make no more noise than those Waters, [Isai. VIII. 6, 7.] shall by the help of God, who in a special manner dwelleth here; be too hard for the greatest Armies; which in their Number, and their Boasts, imitate the Waves of the raging Sea.
But after all; The intention of the Holy Spirit here will not be understood, if the Holy Spirit Himself be not understood. HE is the River; His Effusions will be wonderful!
6 The horrible Tempest by which the Assyrian Camp fell under such Desolations, was a notable Fulfilment of this Passage.
But, if I don't misremember, some of the Ancients have l•d me here to consider what I read.