N01640:1665
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.
16 An handful of Corn sown even on the Top […] Barren Mountains, will spring up with •ar•, win•• will be so thick and full, that when they are sua•en with the Wind, they shall make a Noise like the C• dars of Lebanon. The City shall be as truitful as the Country, and as well stored with Good things, as th• Earth is with Grass in the Spring. This is the Patrician Paraphrase.
16 An handful of Corn sown even on the Top 〈…〉 Barren Mountains, will spring up with •ar•, win•• will be so thick and full, that when they are sua•en with the Wind, they shall make a Noise like the C• dars of Lebanon. The City shall be as truitful as the Country, and as well stored with Good things, as th• Earth is with Grass in the Spring. This is the Patrician Paraphrase.
17 The Hebrews call the Messiah by the Name of Jinn, which signifies A Son Here Before the Sun, Jinn is Hi• Name. The Midrash Till•• rea•• it ⟨p. 184⟩Ante Solem filiabit Nomen ejus. And adds this Gloss upon it; — Quia ipse filiaturus est Dormientés in Pulvere.