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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.
2 In the Midrash Tillin, there is an out-of-the-way Observation, That the Psalmist calls on himself to Bless the Lord, no less than Five Times over: which answers not only to the Five Books of the Law: but also to the Five Ages through' which Man is to pass. First, Fl•• Condition in His Mothers Womb. Secondly, His Condition at his Mothers Breast. Thirdly, His Condition while passing through' the Changes of this World. Fourthly, His Condition in the presence of GOD after Death, Fifthly, His Condition after the Resurrection in the World to come.
2 In the Midrash Tillin, there is an out-of-the-way Observation, That the Psalmist calls on himself to Bless the Lord, no less than Five Times over: which answers not only to the Five Books of the Law: but also to the Five Ages thro' which Man is to pass. First, Fl•• Condition in His Mothers Womb. Secondly, His Condition at his Mothers Breast. Thirdly, His Condition while passing thro' the Changes of this World. Fourthly, His Condition in the presence of GOD after Death, Fifthly, His Condition after the Resurrection in the World to come.
5 The Blessings of the Resurrection from the Dead, are here celebrated. That Clause, He redeems thy Life from destruction, evidently points unto it. Now 'tis one of the Promises, concerning the Blessings of the Resurrection, Isa. XL. 31. They shall mount up with wings as Eagles, which the Jews admirably apply to the Bodies raised from the Dead. In this Passage which has hitherto been read, Thy Youth is renewed like the Eagles; there are Two Clauses couched according to the short Hebrew way of expressing things; First; Thou shalt renew thy Youth; which Bochart proves to be the true Reading; A thing to be done in the best sense imaginable, at the Resurrection. And then, Thou shalt be like the Eagles. The marvellous Flight and Strength of the Resurrection-Bodies, is excellently set forth by that Comparison. The Vulgar Tradition of the Eagle renewing his Youth is not countenanced here.