N01640:1947
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.
The Psalm was composed for this Occasion. GOD Himself is introduced in it as instructing them in the End of the Solemnity. And He shows the Jews (and us,) that their Disobedience to Him is the Cause of all the Miseries which befall them.
The Psalm was compo•ed for this Occasion. GOD Himself is introduced in it as instructing them in the End of the Solemnity. And He shews the Jews (and us,) that their Disobedience to Him is the Cause of all the Miseries which be•al them.
5 Was it the Egyptian Language. Or, shall we rather take Patricks Paraphrase? We heard unto our Astonishment, (for we never before were acquainted with it) the Voice of God.
6 They were delivered from the dirty and sordid Employments, wherein the Egyptians had employed them.