N01640:2367

Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…

Name: Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
Author: Cotton Mather

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.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718

[2], xxxv, [1], 426 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) · 119k words · Evans 1946

Title page: Oberlin College Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Book 4 › Psalm 101: PSALM CI. A Psalm of David.

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.

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3 I will not set before mine eyes ‖ a thing of Belial; ‖ I hate the work of wanderers: ‖ it shall not cleave to me. ‖

:2365p. 263¶4

4 An heart that is perversely bent, ‖ it shall depart from me; ‖ and I will take no notice of ‖ one that's a wicked man. ‖

:2366p. 263¶5

5 I•ll cut off him that slandereth ‖ his neighbour secretly; ‖ One high in looks and proud in heart, ‖ I will not bear with him. ‖

:2367p. 264¶6

6 I'll eye the faithful of the Land, ‖ that they may dwell with me; ‖ He that walks in a perfect way, ‖ He'll be my Officer. ‖

6 I'll eye the faithful of the Land, ‖ that they may dwell with me; ‖ He that walks in a perfect way, ‖ He'l be my Officer. ‖

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Place

Boston

Printer

S. Kneeland

Bookseller

B. Eliot

Year

1718

Size

[2], xxxv, [1], 426 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Words

118,775

Catalogue

Evans 1946

Text

Evans-TCP N01640

Passages

3,865

Sections

364

Title page

Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…

ILLUSTRATIONS on the CI. PSALM.

PSALM CII. A Prayer of the Afflicted when that be is over whelmed, and poureth out his sad Complaint before the ETERNAL God.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

ILLUSTRATIONS on the CI. PSALM.

PSALM CII. A Prayer of the Afflicted when that be is over whelmed, and poureth out his sad Complaint before the ETERNAL God.

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