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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 LXXIII. PSALM.
Behold, the reflection of the Faithful on the Prosperity enjoyed by the Followers and Abettors of Antichrist: And their comfort in the Expectation of his Destruction. Dr. Patrick thinks, Asaph the Seer, might be one who lived in the days of Hezekiah: [2 Chron. XXIX. 30.] probably the Father of that Eminent Person, who was then the Recorder. The miserable Havoc made by the Assyrians, notwithstanding Hezekiah's Reformation, might afford sufficient Occasion for the Psalm. Or, the common Occurrences, which produce the XXXVII. Psalm would yield abundant occasion for the LXXIII.
BEhold, the reflection of the Faithful on the Prosperity enjoyed by the Followers and Abettors of Antichrist: And their comfort in the Expectation of his Destruction. Dr. Patrick thinks, Asaph the Seer, might be one who liv'd in the days of Hezekiah: [2 Chron. XXIX. 30.] probably the Father of that Eminent Person, who was then the Recorder. The miserable Havock made by the Assyrians, notwithstanding Hezekiah's Reformation, might afford sufficient Occasion for the Psalm. Or, the common Occurrences, which produce the XXXVII. Psalm would yield abundant occasion for the LXXIII.
4 So great is their Power, they are not in danger of being bound over, by any humane Justice for their Crimes. Nor are they afflicted with sore diseases: After a long Life they dye easily. Munster's Gloss is, They have no Anxiety about their Widows and Orphans; They leave enough to them.