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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 LXXXIX. PSALM.
Behold the Prophetic Spirit, propounding the Grounds of Hope, which the Jewish Nation have u• their Dispersion; even the sure Promises made unto ⟨p. 240⟩David, concerning the Glorious Kingdom of the Messiah, The Throne of David for many Ages overthrown shall be exalted at the Second Coming of the Messiah, as James in the Fifteenth Chapter of the Acts, proves from the Prophecies of Amos. And this is here asked for.
BEhold the Prophetic Spirit, propounding the Grounds of Hope, which the Jewish Nation have u• their Dispersion; even the sure Promises made unto ⟨p. 240⟩David, concerning the Glorious Kingdom of the Messiah, The Throne of David for many Ages overthrown shall be exalted at the Second Coming of the Messiah, as James in the Fifteenth Chapter of the Acts, proves from the Prophecies of Amos. And this is here asked for.
4 The Promise is too Glorious to have a Completion in Solomon, and the other Kings of Judah. In the Psalm there is a discernible distinction, between, The Seed of David, and The Sons of David. The Seed is the Messiah. The Sons are the other Descendants.
4 The Promise is too Glorious to have a Completion in Solomon, and the other Kings of Judah. In the Psalm there is a discernible distinction, between, The Seed of David, and The Sons of David. The Seed is the Messiah. The Sons are the other Descendents.