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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)

Book 2 › Psalm 49: PSALM XLIX. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.

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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7 There is no Man of them that can ‖ by any means redeem ‖ his Brother, nor give unto God ‖ a price to ransom him. ‖

7 There is no Man of them that can ‖ by any means redeem ‖ his Brother, nor give unto God ‖ a price to ransome him. ‖

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8 For the Redemption of their Soul ‖ is of a weighty price; ‖ and it remains unfinished ‖ to perpetuity. ‖

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9 For this, that he should always live ‖ to perpetuity; ‖ that he should never see the pit ‖ wherein corruption lies. ‖

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10 For he may see that wise Men dye; ‖ so does the foolish Man ‖ and brutish perish; and their Wealth ‖ they leave to other Men. ‖

10 For he may see that wise Men dye; ‖ so does the foolish Man ‖ and bruitish perish; and their Wealth ‖ they leave to other Men. ‖

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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

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

ILLUSTRATIONS on the XLIX. PSALM.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

ILLUSTRATIONS on the XLIX. PSALM.

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