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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.
ILLUSTRATIONS on the LIV. PSALM.
Behold, a Prayer of the Faithful, under the Persecution of Anti-christ!
BEhold, a Prayer of the Faithful, under the Persecution of Anti-christ!
David was brought into such a strait that if Saul had not been strangely diverted, he could not have escaped. In this distress he made the Prayer in the first three verses of the Psalm. Surprised at the Tidings of the Diversion given to Saul, he breaks out into an Admiration of the Divine Goodness unto him. When the Danger was quite over, he adds the two last Verses, from his mountain beholding the retreat of Saul, and of his Forces.
David was brought into such a streight that if Saul had not been strangely diverted, he could not have escaped. In this distress he made the Prayer in the first three verses of the Psalm. Surprized at the Tidings of the Diversion given to Saul, he breaks out into an Admiration of the Divine Goodness unto him. When the Danger was quite over, he adds the two last Verses, from his mountain beholding the retreat of Saul, and of his Forces.