N01640:1924
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.
5 Hebr. In a Tieble Measure. The Talmud E• pounds it, that the Captivity under Edom, that i• Rome, will be a Cup Three times as large as that in Egypt, and that in Babylon, Three Times 400 Years, and Three Time 70 Years, at least 1410 Years. D• Kimchi observes, That the Captivity in Babylon was a Third part so long as the Captivity in Egypt.
5 Hebr. In a Tieble Measure. The Talmud E• pounds it, that the Captivity under Edom, that i• Rome, will be a Cup Three times as large as that in Egypt, and that in Babylon, Three Times 400 Years, and Three Time 70 Years, at least 1410 Years. D• Kimchi observes, That the Captivity in Babylon was a Third part so long as the Capt•vity in Egypt.
6 q. d. Our Neighbours are ever picking of Quarrel• with us, or striving among themselves who shall make the greatest Booty of us.
Channa, which we render, The Branch, is an• Egyptian Word; very agreeably used when a Vine brought out of Egypt, had been spoken of. Beehart expounds it of the Hedera Chenositis.