N01640:1599
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.
11 Was it not then become a Proverb, for the utmost Hatred or Contempt of any Man; I value him no more than I do David?
12 The Language both of Graver Senators, and of Idle Companions.
27 q. d. Suffer them to go on in completing their Iniquity.
27 q. d. Suffer them to go on in compleating their Iniquity.
28 q. d. Let them enjoy none of the Blessings Written in the Promises for the Righteous. To be Remembered in the Genealogical Tables, was matter of no little Consequence. An Inheritance in the holy Land, was implied in it. The first, if not chief use of Letters, was to keep these Genealogical Tables, in every Family. When a Family was increased, these Tables were Transcribed for the use of New Descendants. In the Transcription, they Blotted out whatsoever occurred unnecessary, to carry down the History of the Succession. The Issueless were so. Of Judab's Five Sons, the Two Eldest were useless in the Heraldry, and were blotted out. Unto these Tables refer,